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Title: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: Des on June 05, 2012, 18:29:51 PM
Hi all,

Service was interrupted for a period today as some members reported receiving a virus alert message on typing the APAT web address.  Phil and I conducted several tests and found evidence of malware, which was removed immediately.

The site is back up and running securely now but we would encourage any members who have been on the site today to run a virus check on their computer, to ensure you remove any infection which might have occurred.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Thanks,

Des.
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: Robbiebox on June 05, 2012, 18:41:44 PM
I have just opened up APAT and got a new window pop up for an online survey. Closed immediately.
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: Des on June 05, 2012, 18:51:08 PM

I have just opened up APAT and got a new window pop up for an online survey. Closed immediately.


Thanks Jon I haven"t seen that.  Clear cache and cookies etc please, and try again.

Has anyone else had this?
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: nosey-p on June 05, 2012, 19:01:49 PM
Tried this morning to get on but my AV stopped me but as now allowed it so I presume all is ok, no pop up for me
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: Waz1892 on June 05, 2012, 19:23:24 PM


I have just opened up APAT and got a new window pop up for an online survey. Closed immediately.


Thanks Jon I haven"t seen that.  Clear cache and cookies etc please, and try again.

Has anyone else had this?


Going on now so will let you know! How do you clear cookies and cache and is this required?
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: Des on June 05, 2012, 19:43:43 PM



I have just opened up APAT and got a new window pop up for an online survey. Closed immediately.


Thanks Jon I haven"t seen that.  Clear cache and cookies etc please, and try again.

Has anyone else had this?


Going on now so will let you know! How do you clear cookies and cache and is this required?


Only required if you see some error message or pop up.
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: Waz1892 on June 05, 2012, 19:50:34 PM




I have just opened up APAT and got a new window pop up for an online survey. Closed immediately.


Thanks Jon I haven"t seen that.  Clear cache and cookies etc please, and try again.

Has anyone else had this?


Going on now so will let you know! How do you clear cookies and cache and is this required?


Only required if you see some error message or pop up.


I did previously hence the post. Running full scan before I open up APAT again to be safe.

I assume browsing is ok on other sites? Or even playing this online poker  thing everyone is on about!.....Or should I go read one of those book things?
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: Waz1892 on June 06, 2012, 08:52:50 AM
Full scan run and no issues detected
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: HaworthBantam on June 08, 2012, 08:47:17 AM



I have just opened up APAT and got a new window pop up for an online survey. Closed immediately.


Thanks Jon I haven"t seen that.  Clear cache and cookies etc please, and try again.

Has anyone else had this?


Going on now so will let you know! How do you clear cookies and cache and is this required?


CCleaner is a useful little tool.
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: Zozzy on June 10, 2012, 23:03:16 PM
no problems on this site


but I got a pop up while watching porn  :o
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: APAThetic on June 17, 2012, 17:10:52 PM
Just for your info guys, when I logged in to the site just now, I got a message from my AV (MSE) saying "detected threats are being cleaned, no further action is required". Not another virus I hope.

Edit: A bit more info. My AV found this "Exploit:Java/CVE-2012-0507.O". It seems a coincidence that I did get a Java update pop-up a couple of days ago. I don"t know if the two a connected.

One other thing, the fonts on this site have changed for me (looks bigger/bolder). Is this a change you"ve made on the site or is it something to do with my pc?
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: AAroddersAA on June 17, 2012, 17:30:44 PM
Yep AVG kicked in for me as well.
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: PHIL_TC on June 17, 2012, 17:42:46 PM
17:42 - Thanks for the heads up.... spotted and killed. Hows that looking now?
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: APAThetic on June 17, 2012, 18:53:20 PM

17:42 - Thanks for the heads up.... spotted and killed. Hows that looking now?


Cheers Phil,

Well my fonts are back to normal. I did a quick AV scan and it came back ok. I"ll do a full one later. Checked with Malwarebytes and that just found the usual "PUPs" that were all to do with my online poker sites, so I just ignore them rather than deleting...is that ok to do?
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: PHIL_TC on June 17, 2012, 19:01:58 PM


17:42 - Thanks for the heads up.... spotted and killed. Hows that looking now?


Cheers Phil,

Well my fonts are back to normal. I did a quick AV scan and it came back ok. I"ll do a full one later. Checked with Malwarebytes and that just found the usual "PUPs" that were all to do with my online poker sites, so I just ignore them rather than deleting...is that ok to do?


No problems Dean, let me know if you spot anything else, its much appreciated.

Potentially unwanted programs are sometimes false alerts, would double check they are Poker setup / install / exes and nothing masquerading as them, would hate to say "yeah you"ll be fine ignore them"... and come back to bite you on the bum  :-\
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: APAThetic on June 17, 2012, 20:56:56 PM
ok, thanks again.
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: AJDUK on June 19, 2012, 01:07:06 AM
There"s a virus on the main website. Forum is OK.

Blocked request: location contains malicious content
Threat: Mal/Iframe-W

Threat source : http://www.apat.com/
The requested location contained malicious content and was blocked from downloading.

Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: Sef on June 19, 2012, 14:44:23 PM

There"s a virus on the main website. Forum is OK.

Blocked request: location contains malicious content
Threat: Mal/Iframe-W

Threat source : http://www.apat.com/
The requested location contained malicious content and was blocked from downloading.




Yeah getting the same..... addin /forum to the address works fine
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: WYoung83 on June 19, 2012, 14:54:45 PM
Same here for 2 days now.
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: Des on June 19, 2012, 15:17:52 PM
It"s been looked at guys.  Will update when clear.
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: Bainn on June 21, 2012, 02:26:46 AM
Just tried website -

(http://i1259.photobucket.com/albums/ii542/DHyde9/apatav.jpg)

Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: Bainn on June 21, 2012, 02:50:40 AM
Nice deets on the "Blackhole exploit kit" -

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/exploring-the-blackhole-exploit-kit-2/ (http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/exploring-the-blackhole-exploit-kit-2/)

Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: Bainn on June 21, 2012, 16:12:10 PM
Website seems clear as of 1 min ago....
Title: Re: Virus Alert On The Site
Post by: PHIL_TC on June 21, 2012, 16:31:27 PM

Website seems clear as of 1 min ago....


Yip cheers Bainn... should be all clean now.