Senior Member Shampoo Posted May 30, 2014 Senior Member Share Posted May 30, 2014 Anyone else getting hit by virus attacks from this site yesterday? My whole computer is down doing some "boot scan". Scan is showing trojans came from threads on this site. Says "infected by JS: Decode-BUP [Trj]. Came from thread titled "need suggestions hair transplant new patient". I am typing this all on my i-phone. Dr. Dow Stough - 1000 Grafts - 1996 Dr. Jerry Wong - 4352 Grafts - August 2012 Dr. Jerry Wong - 2708 Grafts - May 2016 Remember a hair transplant turns back the clock, but it doesn't stop the clock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member london81 Posted May 30, 2014 Senior Member Share Posted May 30, 2014 Yes, I've had a few recently when first clicking on the site, thankfully my anti virus blocks it. Only when I first click on a link then it seems to stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Shampoo Posted May 30, 2014 Author Senior Member Share Posted May 30, 2014 London81....i guess my Avast anti-virus caught it and went into "boot scan" mode. Dr. Dow Stough - 1000 Grafts - 1996 Dr. Jerry Wong - 4352 Grafts - August 2012 Dr. Jerry Wong - 2708 Grafts - May 2016 Remember a hair transplant turns back the clock, but it doesn't stop the clock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Blake Bloxham Posted May 30, 2014 Senior Member Share Posted May 30, 2014 Hi Guys, This is the first I'm hearing about this issue. I'm forwarding the information to Bill and our Webmaster immediately. I apologize for any inconvenience this caused. If you have any additional information, please send me a private message. Thanks! "Doc" Blake Bloxham - formerly "Future_HT_Doc" Forum Co-Moderator and Editorial Assistant for the Hair Transplant Network, the Hair Loss Learning Center, the Hair Loss Q&A Blog, and the Hair Restoration Forum All opinions are my own and my advice does not constitute as medical advice. All medical questions and concerns should be addressed by a personal physician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill - Seemiller Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Shampoo and London, Thanks for bringing this to our attention. While I'm not having any issues accessing the site, we've contacted our webmaster to investigate this issue. Personally, I'm not convinced that the site has a Trojan, especially if only a couple people are experiencing something like this. It's possible your machines are infected with some Trojan/spyware/adware that was coincidentally activated or executed at the same time you connected to our site. That said, we don't want to rule out any possibilities, so we will be thoroughly investigating this. We will keep you posted. Thanks, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Rootz Posted May 30, 2014 Senior Member Share Posted May 30, 2014 Doesn't really make sense how you could get a trojan from just opening and reading threads. The popular internet browsers out there have pretty good (and basic) security features to prevent this. If the virus scan program you're running is bogus, it could be looking at your internet browsing history and using a random website you visited as cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member 1978matt Posted May 30, 2014 Senior Member Share Posted May 30, 2014 I get it as well and have done for the last month. It pops up in the corner : "Norton Antivirus blocked .... from accessing your computer" or something. Then I press F5 and the site loads. 4,312 FUT grafts (7,676 hairs) with Ray Konior, MD - August 2013 1,145 FUE grafts (3,152 hairs) with Ray Konior, MD - August 2018 763 FUE grafts (2,094 hairs) with Ray Konior, MD - January 2020 Proscar 1.25mg every 3rd day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member hairthere Posted May 30, 2014 Senior Member Share Posted May 30, 2014 I have an Apple so I have no clue what you're talking about I am the owner/operator of AHEAD INK a Scalp Micropigmentation Company in Fort Lee, New Jersey. www.aheadink.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hans - Webmaster Posted May 31, 2014 Administrators Share Posted May 31, 2014 This is very odd. I am on the site at least twice a day and have not had any issues with warnings at all. I just tested the site on a number of different platforms and browsers and not one warning. Shampoo, I did a search for the thread/post you mention and could not find anything. The closes to that is http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/175016-need-suggestions-hair-transplant-doctor.html and that loaded fine with nothing untoward. Those of you who have noticed this, please can you post as much information about your machine. Operating System and version Browser used and version Anti virus application and version. I use the standard Microsoft Security Essentials and found that this is more than adequate protection and am quite fanatical about clean computers. I run some 6 machines and not a single one has had a warning, or notice about a virus. This is disturbing and we do run daily scans of to search for any malicious files or code and I have not seen anything there either. Hope this is something more like a browser hijacker (quite common when visiting pages linked from Facebook). Hans Webmaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member TakingThePlunge Posted May 31, 2014 Senior Member Share Posted May 31, 2014 I have not received any such notices. I'm using Norton Security Suite on Windows 7. David - Former Forum Co-Moderator and Editorial Assistant I am not a medical professional. All opinions are my own and my advice should not constitute as medical advice. View my Hair Loss Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Talukdar Posted May 31, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted May 31, 2014 I think i am secure. I always use internet security on my Laptop. Now i am using Avast internet security. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hans - Webmaster Posted May 31, 2014 Administrators Share Posted May 31, 2014 I have run full scans on all the code and posts in the database, including physical files on the server and have not found anything that presents a security threat to users. I also ran a deep level scan on my own systems and there were no threats, viruses, trojans or hijackers at all. I have not seen any warnings about security when on this site (or any of our related sites) and can be fairly certain that things are safe and secure here. As any user goes, it is always best NOT to click on anything before reading all the related text and then if you are not sure (especially on websites) just close your browser before you click on a suspected bad instruction/link. Typically, these do often appear to look legitimate, but can result on bad things being installed on your machine. Always err on the side of caution. Hope this helps. Hans Webmaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member 1978matt Posted May 31, 2014 Senior Member Share Posted May 31, 2014 Windows 8 IE10 Norton 360 Messages were: Web Attack: "Exploit Toolkit Website 49" The problem seems to have stopped. norton1.bmp 4,312 FUT grafts (7,676 hairs) with Ray Konior, MD - August 2013 1,145 FUE grafts (3,152 hairs) with Ray Konior, MD - August 2018 763 FUE grafts (2,094 hairs) with Ray Konior, MD - January 2020 Proscar 1.25mg every 3rd day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hans - Webmaster Posted May 31, 2014 Administrators Share Posted May 31, 2014 Hi Matt, Thanks for the info. I did take a look at Norton's site for this message and it may just be a false positive, as quite a few pages have images linked from services like Photobucket and others, which may have certain scripts that could be seen by Norton as a potential "threat". If I look at the domain showing the traffic source "koleksikelbo.web.id/" , it is a free domain sharing service, where this particular script is lurking. I have done a search in our database and there is no result for this domain in any of the tables, so it may well have been in one or other spammer profile, which has already been removed. Hans Webmaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Shampoo Posted May 31, 2014 Author Senior Member Share Posted May 31, 2014 Thanks for the help. Like you say it may be on my end. I will let you know if it happens again. Dr. Dow Stough - 1000 Grafts - 1996 Dr. Jerry Wong - 4352 Grafts - August 2012 Dr. Jerry Wong - 2708 Grafts - May 2016 Remember a hair transplant turns back the clock, but it doesn't stop the clock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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