[Kajan]

Yea, I was on TU searching some info, happened nite before last I think

[redg8r]

Originally Posted by ROBOT

i'm a new user and this is my first post. i tried logging in last week and kept on getting referred off to the disney world home page.

two of the other fishing forums i go on have been hacked recently and when i get home i'll be running a full scan of my pc, especially after seeing this thread.

my concern isn't that TU is specifically trying to hack my machine but that a hacker is using TU as a medium to do it.

Hi Robot,
Your issue is being flagged by us.
Your usernam being "ROBOT" and your address being obviously fake, the site flagged you as a possible bot. Ironic isnt it?
The redirection & likely slow server response time is a measure we put in to cripple any unwanted bots & eventually they go away empty handed.

[Piscivorous Pike]

Thanks,
I trust your judgement on this, since I am not being "mined" I will white list it and worry no more!

[redg8r]

Originally Posted by Piscivorous Pike

Thanks,
I trust your judgement on this, since I am not being "mined" I will white list it and worry no more!

Your choice of course, but again, the flag coming from that URL is definitely a false positive, it's not possible for our ad server to initiate any bad code, because we manually insert that code whenever a new advertiser purchases an ad.

If you whitelist TU, (add exception, in your case) that should only cover ads here, any other unintended activity coming from TU will still be caught by your AV.

Thanks for helping me clear it up.

[redg8r]

Originally Posted by Piscivorous Pike

Yes, and as you can see by the warning I just got what ever tried to access my phone number from System registration files came in on the TU connection as I opened the page. Clearly that is a TU address of appears to be one.

That is not to say TU has anything to do with it. It is made to look like that is all. Do you think there is a 'bot on a server? Maybe your provider or webmaster can look closely at those addresses and figure what is happening.

I really like this forum but this goes in spurts that everytime I open a page I get a warning about something trying to export data from system files.

Got it I see your reply, we posted over each other!

Yeah, this thread has gone nuts, sorry for the disorganized replies.
We did a server scan when the first complaint came in & I informed the guys at the datacenter. They are running more in-depth scans, but I am running my own scans for trojans, shell bombs, zombie like behavior, bots, etc.
Bots & zombies are the easiest to find because they use alot of resources, so far nada.

[Kajan]

I'm on dial up down here in the Marsh LOL, if it makes a differance, hell they don't even offer DSL

[redg8r]

Just a note to those of you who may be confused about the conversation.

For customers & subscribers, or anyone purchasing anything from TU, your financial data cannot be compromised. We do not store any financial data on the server, or pass any data through it for that matter. That is one benefit of using PayPal. We send you there to pay & PayPal contacts us with a simple notification that payment has been made.

[redg8r]

Originally Posted by Kajan

I'm on dial up down here in the Marsh LOL, if it makes a differance, hell they don't even offer DSL

Thats actually good info to know, if you receive another notification, please capture it somehow & pass me the information so I can look into it.

[Kajan]

Hopefully it doesn't happen again, but will do

[bojon]

I havn't had any more notices,since my first encouter.Computer seems to be working just fine.McAfee scans my computer almost daily.There is no notice of a problem.Thanks again guys for checking and looking into it.I'm not too savy on these new fangled computers,so I'm not much help.