Autopia Under Hack Attack

[imacarnut]

Re: Autopia Under Hack Attack

--so I guess Autopia is going to be off-limits for me now.

Same here, even though I have the Norton Anti-Virus (it would keep flagging as a threat just about every time I would visit the site). It's time to to take a break until there is news on here (or elsewhere) that the situation has been resolved.

Pretty sad--a lot of people didn't like DavidB but the new owners have failed the tests of community leadership, technical competence, and sales promotion (of their new store).

DavidB was pretty active on the board when he was there and I'm sure he would of dealt with this issue immediately.

[Innovative Detailing]

Re: Autopia Under Hack Attack

Got this today before I was about to log on.....................






Reported Attack Page!

This web page at www.autopia.org has been reported as an attack page and has been blocked based on your security preferences

Attack pages try to install programs that steal private information, use your computer to attack others, or damage your system.

Some attack pages intentionally distribute harmful software, but many are compromised without the knowledge or permission of their owners.


Not good, BE CAREFUL......


Safe Browsing

Diagnostic page for autopia.org

What is the current listing status for autopia.org?

Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.
Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 4 time(s) over the past 90 days.

What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 630 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 278 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2010-09-01, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2010-09-01.Malicious software includes 8 scripting exploit(s), 8 trojan(s), 6 exploit(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 3 new process(es) on the target machine.
Malicious software is hosted on 8 domain(s), including plotecco.co.cc/, autourl.in/, browserservices.in/.
1 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including plotecco.co.cc/.
This site was hosted on 2 network(s) including AS31815 (MEDIATEMPLE), AS26496 (PAH).

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?

Over the past 90 days, autopia.org appeared to function as an intermediary for the infection of 1 site(s) including stumbleupon.com/.

Has this site hosted malware?

No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.

How did this happen?

In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message.

Next steps:

• Return to the previous page.
• If you are the owner of this web site, you can request a review of your site using Google Webmaster Tools. More information about the review process is available in Google's Webmaster Help Center.

Updated 12 hours ago
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[tcope1]

Re: Autopia Under Hack Attack

They _STILL_ have not repaired their own website?

That is completely irresponsible.

[Ravi_1992]

Re: Autopia Under Hack Attack

I'm sure their doing everything they can

[tcope1]

Re: Autopia Under Hack Attack

I'm sure their doing everything they can

It's really not that difficult and there are _many_ different options.

The _FIRST_ thing you do is take the site down and put up a splash page explaining the issue. This way you don't jeopardize your own customers safety.

Again... that is the _first_ thing and it should have been done _days_ ago!

[jfelbab]

Re: Autopia Under Hack Attack

it's really not that difficult and there are _many_ different options.

The _first_ thing you do is take the site down and put up a splash page explaining the issue. This way you don't jeopardize your own customers safety.

Again... That is the _first_ thing and it should have been done _days_ ago!

+1

[fordf150]

Re: Autopia Under Hack Attack

It's really not that difficult and there are _many_ different options.

The _FIRST_ thing you do is take the site down and put up a splash page explaining the issue. This way you don't jeopardize your own customers safety.

Again... that is the _first_ thing and it should have been done _days_ ago!

+2

[Bunky]

Re: Autopia Under Hack Attack

Autopia has been slow to do many things such when they did the sw upgrade, changed hosts, etc. It looks like it is a part time job for someone so not getting the attention it needs.

[SocalEuro]

Re: Autopia Under Hack Attack

Wow...As soon as I tried to go to the site Firefox blocked the site for me. Good too see a lot of other people are aware and have been!

I agree w/ Bunky. It just hasn't been the same since they switched owners.

[schiddy]

Re: Autopia Under Hack Attack

It's really not that difficult and there are _many_ different options.

The _FIRST_ thing you do is take the site down and put up a splash page explaining the issue. This way you don't jeopardize your own customers safety.

Again... that is the _first_ thing and it should have been done _days_ ago!

+3

Anyone know if they fixed it yet? I assume my firefox will block it until I tell it not too.

Oh and what's with all the _words_ like _this_? Are you trying to emphasize words? That's pretty odd, you usually see CAPS, italics, "quotes", or color used lol.

[jfelbab]

Re: Autopia Under Hack Attack

+3

Anyone know if they fixed it yet? I assume my firefox will block it until I tell it not too...

Not fixed yet.

Of the 725 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 375 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2010-09-03, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2010-09-03.

They seemingly have no concern over this or perhaps lack the expertise to correct it.

You can check this easily as frequently as you want by using this link.

http://google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?tpl=safari&site=autopia.org

Note that you can check other sites too by simply replacing the site URL at the end of the link. Pretty useful tool.

[tcope1]

Re: Autopia Under Hack Attack

Anyone know if they fixed it yet? I assume my firefox will block it until I tell it not too.

Oh and what's with all the _words_ like _this_? Are you trying to emphasize words? That's pretty odd, you usually see CAPS, italics, "quotes", or color used lol.

I'm under the impression that the web browser is getting this info from Google prior to loading the site. So once Google has cleared it, the browser will load it as normal.

"Back in the day" there was no ability to underline anything so the underscore key was used. I do it out of habit and I think it's still easier. CAPs is not emphasizing a word, it's yelling it or "raising your voice" on that word. Slightly different. Quotes would be different as well. Italic's would probably be the closes but I think still slightly different. But to each their own... people understand the meaning none the less.

[fordf150]

Re: Autopia Under Hack Attack

Looks like Autopia is up and running again. I didn't get any warnings when trying to access the website.