Two things:
1. I'm a little uncomfortable with the references to "nutjob" and the like. Speaking as a nutjob, we have feelings to, and deserve to be treated kindly. Please do think about the phrases you use to refer to a fellow writer.
2: On the topic of viruses and malware:
I've now spent over three hours on this issue, and until I have further data, I'm considering it closed.
* I've scanned the server, and had a colleague scan the server.
* I've hand-checked the HTML on all the threads members have specifically mentioned.
* There are some things I want people to know. These include the following pieces of information:
A. Symantec will, depending on your settings, treat any HTML that contains an i-Frame as an injection attack (that's what this is about:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2008-011517-3725-99)
B. My contact at Symantec immediately said "Oh, it's probably the iFrames in the Google ads."
C. Those ads are not running on the AW server, they are on Google's server.
D. Ad blockers will *not* protect you from mal ware. For heaven's sake, use actual anti-virus software.
E. The way that injection attacks work means that even if you are on page X of Server Y, and it is reported as the source of the malware, it could be a site you visited hours or even days ago.
F. Respectfully, to those who are making absurd assertions about Trojans and Viruses and malware--speaking as a professional, with various sorts of server certifications, and, frankly, more years of computer use than anyone in this thread (I was using my first mainframe in 1975; this is what happens to the children of faculty at college campuses):
There are in fact Trojans and viruses that do require that a drive be completely zeroed out, not just reformatted. There are, moreover, root kits in the wild that are in fact far more dangerous.
The only people--including Mac users--who are EVER complacent about malware are, like the people who are complacent about backups, fools. Don't be a fool. Take every instance seriously. There's stuff coming down the pipeline that is incredibly clever, dangerous, and malicious. Be pro active.
G. For heaven's sake, if you think there's a problem with malware on AW Don't Post About It In A Thread I Might Not Even See.
Please, tell me or Macallister so we can do something about it.
H. There's a Contact form on every single page of the Water Cooler, on the bottom right where it says "
Contact Us". Use it. It goes right to the owner of the site, MacAllister, who always knows how to reach me, or the other Sys Admin, shawkins. Please go through the Contact form, or, email me directly as medievalist AT mac.com. That mail goes to my phone, even.
Have a nice day
