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You are completely right declaration, the current situation is unacceptable for a site of this size.
I'm sure hando will do his best to resolve that problem, a site of this site should have at least 2 responsible admins.
 
Well, I like IE. So it would be nice for the forum to be fixed. Saying 'use firefox' is a seperate issue and this thread should not be hijacked buy the subject of which browser / OS is better.

Seeing that this issue is still not fixed and there have been many threads about it I would I ask someone who can, to pin a IE fix for this hack, this should stop this browser war from reigniting, we just need to sit it out till its fixed. Not ideal but then most free things in life are not. I'm still getting a lot out of the forum even with IE. ;)
 
Shane R. Monroe posted on Mar 9 2006 at 12:00 AM said:
Not to be an ass or anything, but shouldn't you be ... um WORKING at work? Seriously, safe or not for IE - I'm sure MOST companies wouldn't find gp32x.de forums as "official business". :)

Spoken like a true government worker ... not to be an ass or anything ;)
 
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i downloaded firefox to use for this site and a couple others, while at work. I'll keep using IE at home, i don't use the internet that much at home anyway, i do most my surfing at work :p
 
Shane R. Monroe posted on Mar 9 2006 at 05:00 AM said:
Not to be an ass or anything, but shouldn't you be ... um WORKING at work? Seriously, safe or not for IE - I'm sure MOST companies wouldn't find gp32x.de forums as "official business". :) Doesn't mean most of us don't do it - but I find it interesting that people consistant use "I have to use IE at work, so fix your ENTERTAINMENT based website" ...
You don't know HOW much you sound like Gordon Brown.

And note: to use Firefox you don't acutally have to install anything. Just use Portable Firefox. It's a fully-featured version of Firefox that can be run straight from a pen drive/user area.
 
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I use Portable FF at school and keep it on my account. That way when i log in I open it up an all the basic passwords and usernames are saved (like for this site). Very convenient, not to mention kickass in everyway
 
rokdcasbah posted on Mar 9 2006 at 02:51 AM said:
i use firefox so like many others i didn't notice the problem at first. and i don't doubt that hando has plenty of better things to be doing. but at present the board has over 8,000 registered users. if only a quarter of them use IE than you still have 2,000 people.

the initial security breach is probably not worth blaming anyone for, but a great number of people's computers are at risk for almost certain infection, if they have not been infected already. many of these are corporate machines.

hando should have fixed the hole by now. it's possible and fairly probable that he could be taken to civil court for damages due to negligence. no, nobody's putting a gun to your head and making you visit these forums. and again, the initial problem is (arguably) no one's fault except the person who engineered the exploit. and it's not like hando's some scheming corporate type who only answers to the shareholders. but wherever you come from, you have a "duty of care" to act reasonably and appropriately around others, if you know that failing to do so could directly harm them. what we have here is a lot of harm being done to a lot of people over an extended period of time. there is a point where that becomes inexcusable.

i hope this gets sorted out, for the sake of all those who've been infected, all those who've yet to be infected, and i hope that hando realizes he could be risking something bigger than his OS.

the larger lesson, and this is unfortunate, is that the internet is not a safe place. at bare minimum, anyone with a broadband connection needs: a firewall (software or hardware, even just a router is good protection), virus protection, spyware protection, and a browser that's configured for safety. firefox comes like this. but internet explorer can be made secure as well.

Of course, if the problem still exists, it should be solved....
Question of Interest: How many users actually use which browser on the site? Would be interesting to see, assuming quite a lot non-IE users roam around here ;D.
 
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You could use Portable Firefox on a thumb drive. Also, hando should have seen this coming. Search for -I wont post what to search for as I like this community too much- and youll get about a million links on a way to access anyones member account if you have perl. I remember this exploit way back, when my friend's site got hit with this. I was already using IPB 2.0.3 when it happened though, so I was safe.
 
Javacat posted on Mar 9 2006 at 10:15 AM said:
I run the IT department where I work and firefox is the only thing I use with regards to a web browser :p



Someone could, you know, hack the board again to remove the virus :ph34r: Of course hando would probably be pissed off if somebody did this and block them.


King Crimson - cool sig Javacat 21st Century Schizoid Man
 
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The forum went off line last night and that square doesn't appear to be their anymore. Guess hando fixed it :)


vic20-ian said:
King Crimson - cool sig Javacat 21st Century Schizoid Man
hehe.. Thanks vic20-ian. My avator is actually randomly selected from a list, although I do think the King Crimson picture looks the best.
 
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nickspoon posted on Mar 10 2006 at 12:18 PM said:
It's gone! Tell all your IE-using friends!

If you have no friends who use IE, congrats, you're a geek.

:lol: Thanks .. funniest thing I've read today :)
 
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The point isn't about which browser you use.

It's about keeping your anti-virus up to date.


I'm not proud, but I use IE and Firefox side by side
I'm used to IE and have the security settings set to 'paranoid'
I use Firefox for sites I'm sure about.

(un)Luckily I use IE here and saw something was 'up' when IE asked if I really wanted to run ActiveX. That doesn't normally happen here.

And when my AV popped up at the same time I reached for the tin hat.


Stop telling everyone about which browser they should be using.
Just make sure they have updated virus software!
 
gp32rich posted on Mar 11 2006 at 11:57 AM said:
The point isn't about which browser you use.

It's about keeping your anti-virus up to date.


I'm not proud, but I use IE and Firefox side by side
I'm used to IE and have the security settings set to 'paranoid'
I use Firefox for sites I'm sure about.

(un)Luckily I use IE here and saw something was 'up' when IE asked if I really wanted to run ActiveX. That doesn't normally happen here.

And when my AV popped up at the same time I reached for the tin hat.


Stop telling everyone about which browser they should be using.
Just make sure they have updated virus software!
Shut up and use Firefox.
 
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nickspoon posted on Mar 11 2006 at 07:18 AM said:
gp32rich posted on Mar 11 2006 at 11:57 AM said:
The point isn't about which browser you use.

It's about keeping your anti-virus up to date.


I'm not proud, but I use IE and Firefox side by side
I'm used to IE and have the security settings set to 'paranoid'
I use Firefox for sites I'm sure about.

(un)Luckily I use IE here and saw something was 'up' when IE asked if I really wanted to run ActiveX. That doesn't normally happen here.

And when my AV popped up at the same time I reached for the tin hat.


Stop telling everyone about which browser they should be using.
Just make sure they have updated virus software!
Shut up and use Firefox.


hey my sentiments exactly
 
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Sorry guys for all problems related to this IFRAME shit. I have no clue how it happened. Look like a security hole or something. I was away from the computer (let's say on holiday ;) for a whole week so this is why it took so long. I have the most recent version of board software so expect upgrade (maybe even this week) to prevent it in future. Anyway, because I lately travel a lot and mostly have no internet access during that, I decided to share with my "God's Power" ;) with one or two mods from XTeam :) I hope it let us react faster in case such a crap :)
hando
 
daclassicgamingmaster posted on Mar 11 2006 at 03:59 PM said:
nickspoon posted on Mar 11 2006 at 07:18 AM said:
gp32rich posted on whenever said:
--Rambling--
Shut up and use Firefox.
hey my sentiments exactly
Um. :unsure: Did either of you actually read any of that?
I *do* use firefox.

It's like .. I ain't gonna tell you which car to drive.

But using AV is common sense just like getting your eyes tested is part of being a responsible driver.


So please don't tell me what car to drive, what fuel to use or which coffee I should buy, because you like them better.
You know nothing about me and it's patronizing. :rolleyes:


And the way you make it sound is if I use Firefox, I don't need AV.
The point is: start telling people to use AV and it won't matter (so much) which browser they use.
And you don't sound so much like fanboys ;)
 
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gp32rich posted on Mar 11 2006 at 11:39 PM said:
daclassicgamingmaster posted on Mar 11 2006 at 03:59 PM said:
nickspoon posted on Mar 11 2006 at 07:18 AM said:
gp32rich posted on whenever said:
--Rambling--
Shut up and use Firefox.
hey my sentiments exactly
Um. :unsure: Did either of you actually read any of that?
I *do* use firefox.
I did read that. I know you use Firefox. It was meant to be funny, dammit.
 
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