Website Issues (With Mysterious Disappearing Final Page)

[Billtrumpet25]

I found this link which talks briefly about what might have caused my virus problem and the recent surge of bots that I've seen on this site.

http://www.azfamily.com/outbound-fee...140048693.html

This probably will explain a lot.

[Billtrumpet25]

Originally Posted by MegaSilver

Wait, did you type heroscapers.com or www.heroscapers.com? There is a difference, you know.

Sorry, yeah, it was www.heroscapers.com that I typed in. Should have been more specific. My apologies...

[Dad_Scaper]

Originally Posted by Billtrumpet25

I only had the info that I gave.

Heh. I wasn't being serious.

Though it sounds like your situation might be: If you typed in the URL ("www.heroscapers.com") correctly and it didn't work normally for you, but it worked normally for the rest of us, it sounds like you have something bad on your computer.

Maybe not. But it sure doesn't sound like something's wrong with the site.

I use Chrome. And I use a User, not Admin, account on XP when I'm browsing.

[Billtrumpet25]

Originally Posted by Dad_Scaper

Heh. I wasn't being serious.

Though it sounds like your situation might be: If you typed in the URL ("www.heroscapers.com") correctly and it didn't work normally for you, but it worked normally for the rest of us, it sounds like you have something bad on your computer.

Maybe not. But it sure doesn't sound like something's wrong with the site.

I use Chrome. And I use a User, not Admin, account on XP when I'm browsing.

True...it could also be something isolated to the West coast/AZ and nowhere else. In one of my earlier posts, I included a link to a story that discussed the Trojan virus (with the same symptoms I had) at length. This could just be an isolated thing, but I was not sure. Nevertheless, if something is redirecting people to malicious sites, I should also mention that the FBI has been investigating this Trojan outbreak on over half a million computers. The FBI created a "splint" Internet for sick computers, which will expire March 8th. After that, those that have not rectified the issue could lose Internet access permanently. It's worth looking into further. Thanks for the input, Dad_Scaper!

[Dad_Scaper]

Hmm. Bill, this looks like a less frantic description of the DNS name changer.

Your link plays a little loosey goosey with the real threat level. Looks nasty, though, and something like that would explain why, when you type in website A, you go to website B. That's why I hinted you might have malware.

Unfortunately that would not be a Heroscapers issue, that's a Billtrumpet25 issue, and has to get fixed on your own computer.

[bunjee]

Yep, that is definitely evidence of a redirecting trojan on a users computer.

[Billtrumpet25]

I tried accessing this site on another computer (not on the same internet connection as my computer is -- this was at the library). It got redirected, too, to a website that the library thankfully blocked by default . Talk about adding insult to injury...but I'm glad I'm not alone on this.

I told the library about the redirection, and on a good note, they're sending their technicians to clean out the computers.

I know this is still a "computer" issue, but I just wanted to give everyone an update on what's been happening.

[bunjee]

We did discover a file that had some problems and cleared it out so it may not fully be your computer. The odd thing is that it didn't seem to be catching others.

[Billtrumpet25]

Originally Posted by bunjee

We did discover a file that had some problems and cleared it out so it may not fully be your computer. The odd thing is that it didn't seem to be catching others.

By "it" you are referring to the virus, and "others" is a reference to other computers, right?

[bunjee]

Yes and no, there was some redirect code in a file, that code is now gone. We're still tracking how it came to be there. And the others did mean that I found it odd that more people weren't experiencing the problem you were describing if the code in the file was the problem.

[Billtrumpet25]

Originally Posted by bunjee

Yes and no, there was some redirect code in a file, that code is now gone. We're still tracking how it came to be there. And the others did mean that I found it odd that more people weren't experiencing the problem you were describing if the code in the file was the problem.

Well, I hope your search returns some result. Let me know what you find. It might help me prevent getting these viruses/redirect code into my own files.

[Porkins]

For about a week now, I have not been getting instant email updates for threads to which I am subscribed for instant updates. I am still getting instant emails for PM's. I posted in the Question Dump thread, and it seems others are experiencing this problem as well.