Virus problem on MyMpxPlayer site ?!? :?:

knob · #21 (**permalink**) 28th Nov 2008, 9:46 am

IMHO I think the spamming, the pdf download and the hacking are all connected in some way.

Someone was trying to profit in some way from this site's success and when they got rumbled, didn't like it, hence the hack.

I think the .pdf thing was a way of measuring how many different users visit this site to see how spamworthy MyMpxplayer is. :idea:

geostar · #22 (**permalink**) 28th Nov 2008, 10:40 am

more of a spyware then a virus then?

knob · #23 (**permalink**) 28th Nov 2008, 10:50 am

yep, more of a spyware, but it did seem to be causing the site to slow down and we would probably see an increase in spamming on the forum if action wasn't taken.

Anyone who has visited the "mp4users" forum recently will know how bad this can get if it gets out of hand, if fact mp4users has been completely taken over by spambots due to the admin abandoning the site.

makd511 · #24 (**permalink**) 28th Nov 2008, 5:57 pm

mp4users is way out of control now, personally i never saw any of this pdf download thing

i wil never understand the mentality of some things, what is to be gained by all this, its just sad and pathetic

Th3_uN1Qu3 · #25 (**permalink**) 29th Nov 2008, 2:38 am

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Originally Posted by makd511";p=&quot

i wil never understand the mentality of some things, what is to be gained by all this, its just sad and pathetic

Money. A lot of money.

admin · #26 (**permalink**) 29th Nov 2008, 11:47 am

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Originally Posted by Th3_uN1Qu3";p=&quot

Money. A lot of money.

Agreed.
Saw some news article about spammers who were prosecuted by the Police for spamming and apparently they were making millions of dollars from spamming!

They just don't care who they affect though.

admin · #27 (**permalink**) 6th Dec 2008, 3:20 am

Hi everyone,

Is anyone experiencing any problems with the site or getting any odd looking file to download from this site?

Is the site also running any better?

Look forward to your feedback.

knob · #28 (**permalink**) 6th Dec 2008, 5:05 am

no problems, it's seems to be fine now.

cheers
knob

knob · #29 (**permalink**) 26th Dec 2008, 2:14 am

I think the same problem is back again, I just got this .pdf thing again, only once when I first went on the site today.

admin · #30 (**permalink**) 26th Dec 2008, 2:30 am

Thanks knob for the update.

I checke and did find some 'dodgy' files modified again. I'm still not sure how they're getting in. I've deleted it already and going to try to restrict some file permissions to see what happens.

Please keep me updated and let me know as soon as you see it again.