Andrew
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Dear Money Talk members and readers,
Internet security should always be practiced and taken seriously, but especially at this time when there have been so many worms and hacking exploits occuring.
Recent vulnerabilities in older versions of PHP, the language that runs most bulletin boards and other software on the web, exposed thousands of server machines to manipulation by unauthorized parties. Unfortunately hundreds of forums and websites were vandalized, defaced or even completely wiped-out. There are probably many websites on servers that are either still vulnerable because they haven't been updated or still have malicious downloads hidden on them, so this continues to be a serious matter.
We have completed the necessary updates here at Money Talk and on our server, however even our board was affected to some degree for a short period of time.
I recommend that you make sure that you have antivirus software that is active and up-to-date. ZoneAlarm is a good free program that can help secure your home or work computer. AdAware is a great program for removing spyware, adware or malware. SpyBot Search and Destroy is another. If you are a bit technical, HijackThis is another program which can search your PC for the common areas that can be contaminated.
So, please take a moment to scan and secure your computer for your own protection. Thanks.
ZoneAlarm
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp
AdAware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Spybot Search & Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
HijackThis
http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html
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SnapThat
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Thanks, Andrew. I already have the second and third, but I'll look into the others.
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 2:39 am |
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clasione
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Yea - I'm right there with you Andrew. Server security as been a job all itself lately. I've had to do many upgrades in php software programs and bulletin boards this last couple of weeks.
It's really getting a bit out of hand. I hope the current updates being released are more full proof.
Vbulletin, a huge php software developer by Jelsoft has actually emailed all their customers an appolgy for all the security issues lately.
But what can you do. You have no choice but to continue monitering every development as they happen.
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Fri Jan 28, 2005 12:30 am |
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Andrew
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clasione, you can say that again.
I also recommend that webmasters who've updated their software and PHP, make a real effort to search thru all of their directories for unauthorized files that could be backdoors into their system, even with the proper security now applied.
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Fri Jan 28, 2005 12:38 am |
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clasione
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dambit - your probably right....
geez, more work to do....
When do I get to play? 
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Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:02 am |
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Andrew
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If on UNIX check *all* of your tmp directories very carefully for hidden files or directories with crud, plus if you run phpBB, check your avatar and upload directories for more junk. I've also seen reports of both phpBB source and template files modified with injected code, as well as files that are closely named to real files with mal stuff.
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Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:56 am |
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ranjith422
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Thanks for sharing Andrew..I am looking for this..
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