Autopia Attacked my Computer???

[YellarStang99]

I read a post on AG forum where someone said that Autopia had suffered some kind of virus & hopefully it will get cleared up soon.

I hope whatever the issue is it will be resolved soon. I got the same wth reaction when I tried to go there yesterday

[ernman]

That explains a lot, I thought that it was a site my daughter was on. Here is a screen shot of what Norton found on mine.

[markw]

Originally Posted by Shiny Lil Detlr

Anyone here had the guts to try visiting the site from a mac? I'm on my MacBook but I don't want to risk it even though OSX is fairly safe from malware/viruses....

I usually will not comment on things like this, but have you not read the post earlier in the day about using a MAC?

[C. Charles Hahn]

Originally Posted by markw

I usually will not comment on things like this, but have you not read the post earlier in the day about using a MAC?

Go back to not usually commenting on things like this, as you're making zero sense whatsoever.

[Clean Dean]

I check in on Autopia from time to time, and that visit last week cost me $85 to have the virus removed !!! Its a shame, I was a huge fan of Autopia from 2001 up until a few years ago when DavidB was manning the ship. I am sure that this malicious act will cost the sites owner(s) with a substancial drop in membership.

[JSFM35X]

No doubt! I cannot believe in todays day and age that even if a site got attacted, it could not be fixed within hours??? I am not exactally sure what type of business (income) gets generated over there but the way that site has been run lately it a shame. Seems like they will not spend the $ to do it right. A month or so ago, the server was so slow, the site was unusable. Just like over here, there are some excellent people and recources I will miss. For what its worth we run Vipre AV and I did visit the site before I knew it was infected from work and the PC was uneffected.

Originally Posted by Clean Dean

I check in on Autopia from time to time, and that visit last week cost me $85 to have the virus removed !!! Its a shame, I was a huge fan of Autopia from 2001 up until a few years ago when DavidB was manning the ship. I am sure that this malicious act will cost the sites owner(s) with a substancial drop in membership.

[jtford95]

My system blocked me from going on it as well. Oh well. guess i just have to stay here.

[holland_patrick]

Originally Posted by Shiny Lil Detlr

Go back to not usually commenting on things like this, as you're making zero sense whatsoever.

Mac run on a different OS and they are seldom attacked because they are still a minority and the hackers don't think of them as a big enough target

[JaredPointer]

Maybe it was an attack by another detailing forum or by David B.

[Big Leegr]

Originally Posted by Shiny Lil Detlr

Go back to not usually commenting on things like this, as you're making zero sense whatsoever.

They were referring to this earlier post, I think:

Originally Posted by JSFM35X

I have no issue going there on my MAC but my PC will not open page as the AVG and Google catch it prior to opening.

There must be a problem with the site, to bad becasue there is alot of good info and recources over there. That and DC are the only site I cruze for detailing.

[C. Charles Hahn]

Originally Posted by holland_patrick

Mac run on a different OS and they are seldom attacked because they are still a minority and the hackers don't think of them as a big enough target

Yeah, I know.... I own both macs and PCs, and I've been an IT professional for over 10 years. That guy just wasn't being very clear in his post.

[C. Charles Hahn]

Originally Posted by Clean Dean

I check in on Autopia from time to time, and that visit last week cost me $85 to have the virus removed !!! Its a shame, I was a huge fan of Autopia from 2001 up until a few years ago when DavidB was manning the ship. I am sure that this malicious act will cost the sites owner(s) with a substancial drop in membership.

I too used to be a big poster on Autopia, but my opinion of DavidB wasn't so high. If anything I was glad to see him finally leave, almost like it lifted the iron curtain over there.

[David Fermani]

Definately a big change since DavidB's exit. Even though there's been quite a bit of change, I think it's been a positive one. The owner's don't appear to want to be bothered in the "behind the iron curtain" mentality the site once fostered, but these current problems are starting to show how interested they really are in running the site. It has excellent potential if it remains truely non-biased, but time will tell if these hurdles will allow it to grow to its potential.

[David Fermani]

Originally Posted by JaredPointer

Maybe it was an attack by another detailing forum or by David B.

X2 - Per another topia member: How something like this can happen when there are a limited number of people who can upload (code) content to the site and that it is done through some secure method?

[Bunky]

Originally Posted by David Fermani

X2 - Per another topia member: How something like this can happen when there are a limited number of people who can upload (code) content to the site and that it is done through some secure method?

It is called hacking. Security can be breached. I just think the new owners of Autopia know little about hosting and all the issues. You just do not do it and walk away. It takes maintenance and constant watch for hacks but that is my theory based upon how slow the responded to the various issues since the upgrade, then host move, then patches, then this.