Coleslaw Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Hi all, As I'm sure everyone noticed, we had a malware warning applied to the site. I wanted to, very briefly, address some concerns. The site was hacked by an unknown third party and part of the codebase was tampered with. Google's warning was due to the fact that one of our .htaccess files (the hacked one) was attempting to redirect people to a site that would download malware onto your computer. Our primary .htaccess file, however, overrode that one, so no one should have been affected by this. You did all see the byproduct of that: the forums and posts all 404ing. If you are still concerned, please be sure to run a quickscan on your computer with your own antivirus software, but I am confident that no one would have been affected by AVEN. To fix the issues: we took the site down, changed the passwords, cleaned out the files, had Invision Power Board do a secondary inspection and address any other concerns (Thank you Mark and Rhett!), and then we asked Google to rescan the site to assure we were clean. The fact that you can see this now means Google agrees; we're all good!So, I am sorry for the big scary red message you've all been seeing, but AVEN is back to normal and, unless someone really hates us, we should be done with hackings for the next little while. Best,Coleslaw Technical Administrator Link to post Share on other sites
kelico Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Thank you, thank you, Cole!! And the rest of the team that was helping out! : )) Thank you for explaining what happened, too! Let's all hope this doesn't happen again. But it's a good thing we have such awesome, reliable people like you to fix things. : ) Link to post Share on other sites
A name is required Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 thanks cole! your the best :) Link to post Share on other sites
Risu Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Thanks for your hard work, Cole! (and anyone else involved!) :) Good to have AVEN back. Link to post Share on other sites
ThaHoward Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Good work :) Nice to see you stepping up for AVEN and the asexuals yet again and dedicating so much of your freetime toward people who may not seem grateful. Anyway know that all of us greatly appriciate your hardwork :) Link to post Share on other sites
Finding myself Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Very many thanks Cole. Greatly appreciate all your work. Link to post Share on other sites
Tja Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites
Mycroft is Yourcroft Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Thank you so much Mark, Rhett and Cole! Cake for you all :) Link to post Share on other sites
Grace Barton Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Congrats, and a great big thank you to all who worked on the problem! ^^ Link to post Share on other sites
Exanimis Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Thank you thank you thank you. @}- I seriously hope there is nobody out there trying to bring this down. It is tasteless. . . Thank you again ! <3 Link to post Share on other sites
Suistar Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Yayy! Thanks for all your hard work :) Link to post Share on other sites
EmotionalAndroid Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Thank you for the explanation! I'm glad to know that we're all safe. Thanks for getting the site back up, too! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 MANY THANKS!!!! And stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
Kelly Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 You are awesome. :) Link to post Share on other sites
argar Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Thank you for all the hard work, and for all the people that assisted you. Link to post Share on other sites
deltaX Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 A huge thank you to everyone who helped fix aven! :cake: Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Thanks for the consistently awesome work, Cole! Hoping the site will let you catch a much deserved break for a bit, now! Link to post Share on other sites
Blinkin Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Dear Coleslaw and everyone involved in helping, Thank you for the hard work on finding the cause and fixing everything. And thanks for the clear statement about what happened. You're all very awesome!! :D P.S. On the backup forum we've been talking a bit about the possibilities to support the owners of Aven. I heard donations is a bit tricky because that would count as income... Is there anything we as community could do for you? :) Link to post Share on other sites
WhenSummersGone Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Thank you and everyone else for all the hard work! Link to post Share on other sites
Chewy Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 THANKS COLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Life has returned to normal *watches a super hero fly away* Link to post Share on other sites
Sally Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Yay, Cole and helpers! :wub: Link to post Share on other sites
Kagon Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Cole - as always, thank you for your dedication and hard work. You are truly awesome! Link to post Share on other sites
HermioneGranger Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites
Maelstrom_17 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I'm so glad the forum is up and running again! For awhile I would check at least twice a day to see if the issue was resolved; today was finally resolved. For awhile I had a lurking fear in the back of my mind that it may never be up and running again. Link to post Share on other sites
I'd rather be in band. Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Thank you for fixing everything in such a timely manner! Hopefully this doesn't happen again soon! Link to post Share on other sites
PlanetF Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Throwing in my two cake crumbs, err... cents... wait, there was a cake, but I'm not sure what happened to it. *wipes icing off mouth*THANK YOU!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
(A)rrogant Avian Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Thank you! This makes so much more sense now! Recently I have been getting a few bugs on my computer, and I had no idea where they were coming from, maybe they were coming from somewhere else, but this makes much more sense. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Thank you Cole & team. :) Since the site was hacked, is there any info (our passwords, emails, etc) they would have had access to? I know sometimes it feeds phishing and such when a site is hacked. Link to post Share on other sites
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