Originally Posted by Lisanne
Originally Posted by Tippy
Originally Posted by Lisanne
No, but I keep my anti-virus up to date and run regular scans.
I can't fathom how your tech could figure that the virus came from this board. Maybe it came from an email or a download file or some other website.
I have a few different anti-virus and I run them and malware weekly.. this nasty little bugger blocked me from malware or anything else. my roommate managed to circumvent it..ran a scan and found the buggers.. 7 or them. admittedly some could have been from opening links but the worst on hit me when I was in here and the chat. I have no idea how he traced it.. but he came up with the site name telling me that looked like where it came from without any prompting from me. I'll be the first to readily admit that I am EXTREMELY challenged when it comes to techie stuff. That's why I have someone I can call at a moments notice if I have a problem. He said he had no idea why someone would target this type of site. but advised me to contact Admin which I have, just to give them a heads up.
I guess attacks can get past anti-virus software and firewalls at times.
I still have trouble believing a hacker targeted this site. Maybe he targeted your computer and found you while you were here? I dunno. Maybe he did target this website.
Sounds like you did all the right things. Sorry it happened to you.
I don't have trouble believing it.
Less than a week ago, I was pm'd by someone that called themselves: quilterd.
At first glance i pronounced it: quil-t*rd...you get the picture. I thought, "who would nickname themselves that?"
Opened it and without a hi, hello, or i am new etc. began talking about having the same birthday and went into all the hobbies they are into.
They said their birth year was 1928. That would make them 80 years old.
If you had seen the list of hobbies along with gardening and canning...have you ever gardened or canned?
I have. can't anymore, and I am in my fifties...disabled, but the point is...I was having trouble believing this person could do all that, so I clicked on their profile...no info whatsoever and had just joined!
I did not reply that night and they never showed again.
I believe that everything that glitters is not a golden (aged) quilter!thumbup: