Well that sucked

[Lamonster]

As you can see we have some major issues here. I got back from a great day of riding the Spyder to find my boardd had been hacked bigtime. I've never been hacked like that before in all the years I've been running boards.

My friend Darrel and I worked on the site till very late last night and still are not able to bring it back where is was before so we called it a night and will be working on it again today.

I think we are going to use vbulletin for this site. The bad news is I have to purchase the software and install it and import the info to it. You will have to request a new password to login and post again. I don't know this software that well so the learning curve is going to be pretty steap.

I'm sorry that this happened but we will survive it. Please hang in there. Thanks.

 

[rupbre]

It really does suck. Thanks Lamonster for putting in the time and effort on this board. It is a great site for everyone.

 

[Zerocool]

I really get torqued over :edit: like this and society lets most of these people get away with destroying someone's personal property; Note, I'm an engineer with Sun Microsystems. This ranks right up there with someone sitting on your ride and defacing the paint. Difference is, these cowards don't have to be physically close to your stuff to do damage, then claim if you knew how to protect the site, then it wouldn't have happened. Again, that's like saying if I left my :spyder: in the open, then I deserve any damage you do. Bull!

If you've searched the web for Neuromancer you'll see that we're not alone, they've hacked a lot of sites through known exploits. In most cases, they only change your index.html file so replacing it to the original (in many cases) fixes the site - However, if the flaw that they exploited the first time wasn't fixed, then they we inevitably do it again.

Here's a tip you might find useful. If you search in Google for "spyderlovers", the find the hit for http://www.spyderlovers.com, then click on "Cached" you will see the last known state of the web page which has ben cached on the internet. So, you can (a) see what the last posted message was, and (b) click on "View Source" to grab the HTML content, if needed.

Please take no offense if you're skill, knowledge, etc. is beyond what I mentioned above. I just wanted to offer some assistance. I'm headed on a ride at 11:00 a.m. EST w/Garganos in East Haven, be back by this afternoon. I'd be happy to discuss further, if it would help. Just let me know.

Zerocool

 

[Smylinacha]

Definitely sucks the big one! I'm glad you got it back up and running. I know what it's like - my bank account was violated last week - boy was I :edit: off. Got the money back and all but still, now I'm just gonna have to look over my shoulder all the time - not a nice feeling.

Thank you for working hard late at night in getting it up and running. I came home from a Spyder ride and always like to log in here and then hubby logged in on his puter and told me. Night was sort of weird - Spyderlovers is part of my "routine" when I've got downtime and when I couldn't log on I got antsy.

 

[Derwin]

Lamont,

As you know, I have a couple forum sites unrelated to Spyder, and I have been using vbulletin. This software is incredible, and I think you will like it very, very much. If you need any help at all with the software, please let me know. I've already installed this thing on 2 seperate sites. You can take a look at one of them here:

www.FlyTheRoadClub.com

Again, if you need any help with your software, please let me know. Thanks.

Derwin

 

[spydersam]

Sent you a pm, if i can help in any way please let me know

 

[Lamonster]

Thanks for all the offers of help, that's really cool of you all. I may be calling on you if I run into a wall here. I'm not really a webmaster, I just play one on the internet. :

 

[hevnbound]

CONTRIBUTIONS ..........

Lamont ........ I don't think you've ever asked for it but I know a lot of personal Forums do take donations to help defray cost of software, upgrades, maintenance, etc., etc., etc. Why not make a way for those who want to to make contributions from time-to-time. I'm sure you will have a lot of takers - me included. Perhaps they can be recognized on the Avatar side by the statement: Site Contributor.

Contributions could be set up to be made by PayPal, credit card, or check.

What say you all???????

 

[LaughingHeart]

That sucked big time!! I came home from a great day with my grandkids, and really got :edit: off when I saw this site was hacked. I enjoy it a lot, and it made me mad that some jerk thinks he has the right to do this. Thanks for all your hard work all along, and last night especially. I was so glad to see it back up and running this morning!

 

[jeuchler]

I hesitated to reply in this thread, since I don't want to give the culprit any more attention.

I do, however want to thank Lamont and anyone who aided him for getting things up and running so quickly!

(I did the same thing as many other folks: worked on the Spyder a bit, came online to check in on everybody, and found the rudeness.)

We just had a virus at work last week which created havoc for days. Not at all fun, I know.

Oh, and again, I absolutely agree with Hevnbound in his post ("take donations to help defray cost") above.

 

[Napalmseth]

I absolutely agree with Hevnbound in his post ("take donations to help defray cost") above.

agreed

 

[MSGTDOC]

Thanks for getting the site up and running again. the shakes have stopped now. lol
I AGREE ON THE $$$$$$ ALSO

 

[ataDude]

Thanks for the forum, Lamont. And yes, I agree on the $$ suggestion.

 

[NancysToy]

Any way we can help, including helping defray the costs of new software, just say the word.
-Scotty

 

[firebandit]

can count on me for some $$. to help you out. I learn a lot on this forum and would like to see it going strong.

 

[Smylinacha]

Re: CONTRIBUTIONS ..........

Lamont ........ I don't think you've ever asked for it but I know a lot of personal Forums do take donations to help defray cost of software, upgrades, maintenance, etc., etc., etc. Why not make a way for those who want to to make contributions from time-to-time. I'm sure you will have a lot of takers - me included. Perhaps they can be recognized on the Avatar side by the statement: Site Contributor.

Contributions could be set up to be made by PayPal, credit card, or check.

What say you all???????

I think that is a very good idea!

 

[tatt2r]

switch to mac .... worked for me been a geek for years no issues no problems .....

 

[rupbre]

count me in on the $$.

 

[Derwin]

switch to mac .... worked for me been a geek for years no issues no problems .....

What happened was NOT a mac or pc issue. It was a hacking issue which can happen on macs as well as pc's.

 

[Napalmseth]

What happened was NOT a mac or pc issue. It was a hacking issue which can happen on macs as well as pc's.

I do believe he was talking about the picking up a virus part of the warning. Considering that, as of yet, there is still no virus that can impact a mac.