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09-05-2008, 04:09 PM
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PC Security Question - not so worried anymore
Another game forum I visited has been hacked (Childish Things - the home of International Cricket Captain - hacked by Mr Skizo of Morrocco apparently)...
I've got the 'ask for confirmation before dling Active X content' checked, and nothing came up, but when I clicked back out of there a message 'The game is over' came up as a little pop up window, which I closed out of the task bar. Norton is up to date and didn't pick up anything, and nothing appears to be different. I've never seen/visited a hacked website before - is this likely to have given my PC a virus, and any recommendations on actions to take?
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09-05-2008, 04:21 PM
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Probably not. The popup was most likely just embedded in the website. Are you using Internet Explorer, and what version?
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09-05-2008, 04:22 PM
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Ok, might not be too bad - a couple of people on another cricket forum have been engaging the chap on messenger (apparently he left a hotmail address on the screen) and all he says he has done is edit the index to promote Islam... Of course he could be talking BS but no-one else in the thread discussing it seems concerned, I've quick-scanned my PC and nothing came up, so I'll reassure myself with their general ambivalence.
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09-05-2008, 04:24 PM
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Yes - IE7.0.5730.11 I think I might have panicked a little with the initial post! Never seen anything like that before and was concerned.
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09-05-2008, 04:26 PM
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The other forum thread - you can probably work out which post was mine!
Childish Things Forums Hacked? - PlanetCricket Forums
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