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Post by Will on Jul 30, 2008 13:10:09 GMT
Will's still on board, had to re-register but never mind, real shame RS is still getting attacked and hope it is all fixed and well soon.
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Post by markwrc on Jul 30, 2008 13:45:10 GMT
well i had to re-register to speaking of Viruses i have Norton Internet Security 2008 i like it but it annoys me sometimes my School uses Mcafee which is good seeming we all but viruses on the server  but as its the sumer im on my Mac soo no Viruses for me woot  |
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Post by nikkiy9 on Jul 30, 2008 14:20:00 GMT
Also computers...internet in PRISON? Yeah, for the prison staff ... not the prisoners! ;D i was doing a computer maintenance course while inside. i was asked to build a network up for one of the classes, so i did that, but then the tutors were always bringing in USB stciks that were infected, so i got AVG and made sure every day that the tutor was bringing in the new AVG patch, it had to be done to protect everyone's work |
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Post by Curt on Jul 30, 2008 15:29:26 GMT
I'm glad to see members are joining the temporary forum. Sorry once again for this inconvienience  |
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Post by markwrc on Jul 30, 2008 17:09:17 GMT
I'm glad to see members are joining the temporary forum. Sorry once again for this inconvienience it isnt your fault Curt its some low life's trying to annoy other people i think Crash.net got attacked by the same virus and i think my PC did too but i managed to get rid of it |
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Post by Hurricane on Jul 30, 2008 19:48:43 GMT
It could happen to any webdesigner, that's for sure. I only hope you can find the leaks in the code and secure them for possible future attacks  I had Norton 360 last year. The licence expired and I'm glad about it. It uses too much computer resources. I now have ESET NOD32 anti-virus, not free though. (well..  ) |
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Post by Vivski on Jul 31, 2008 9:20:00 GMT
It's hard because these viruses attack the weaknesses in the .NET framework. So it's up to the developer to write code which blocks these vulnerabilities. Having said that, it is possible to make very robust sites but you need to integrate security into your thinking early in the design process.
With good input validation on every field, it's possible to stop these attacks, but it's certainly not easy. Curt has sacrificed a little security for the sake of making the forum very usable/flexible. I hope he can get the forum back up and running and protect the site from a similar attack in future.
Don't worry, it's nothing personal. These viruses are indiscriminate in who they target.
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Post by Will on Jul 31, 2008 10:07:24 GMT
No worries Curt, better than having no forum at all.  While on the subject of anti-viruses, I have McAfee Internet Security it's brilliant |
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Post by tfliprex on Aug 3, 2008 1:43:49 GMT
....but as its the sumer im on my Mac soo no Viruses for me woot For my iMac I use: VirusBarrier X5 by Intego. Flip |
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Post by FordTeamRS on Aug 3, 2008 9:43:45 GMT
I live on a Mac, surprised I'm not blind yet.
Hopefully the forum will get sorted, I miss this place.
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Post by nikkiy9 on Aug 6, 2008 22:47:08 GMT
is there any news on when the forum will be up and running again???
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Post by nikkiy9 on Sept 2, 2008 12:30:56 GMT
is there any news on when the forum will be up and running again??? bump |
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Post by Will on Sept 2, 2008 19:07:19 GMT
I spoke to Curt he says he can only fix it while he is at work so will take some time yet
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Post by dingardo on Sept 3, 2008 2:50:28 GMT
why not get bits of the site up.. like the news and gallery etc.. stuff where you have to enter things in like the forums and tipping can wait until the bug is fixed?..
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Post by Nick McRae on Sept 4, 2008 21:31:24 GMT
We could post news stories on the correct board, but then the forum is going to become hidelously cuttered but then at the same time it also provide a lot of talking points.
But then there are the occasional news stories don't don't really provoke any response, so we could just have empty threads messing up the place!
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