Hackergate part five - PLEASE READ

[RebeccaMumsnet]

Hi all,

A further continuation of this thread and the original thread here

FAQ page here

Please do keep an eye, ask us any questions and we will post updates as we get them.

How do I do that virus scan?

I don't understand why his twitter account is still active and Justine's information is still out there. Isn't Twitter legally obliged to delete it?

Odd page.

Arse. I've had some suspicious activity on my email account and it looks like it has sent dodgy emails out from me. Coincidence or a MN thing?

I just noticed this in the first paragraph: "Typically, ib.adnxs.com virus is used to promote gambling, lotteries or other things that are based on luck. If you receive its notifications, you should be aware that your PC may be infected with the adware. As soon as it gets inside it, it may modify your system settings and then may start showing ads by ib.adnxs.com every time you start your browsing on the Internet."

A few pp have had betting ads coming up?

Scatter, what anti-virus software do you run?

Scatter is on a Mac so most likely won't have any anti virus stuff.

Whatever is built into my mac. If there is anything, it is most likely from porn, not gambling.

Theydont - Twitter will be liaising with police. As it is still up, I suspect there is a reason why the police prefer it so.

No anti-virus stuff?? how do they manage then??

Sorry I know nothing about Macs so will have to bow out of giving any further advice, I'm sure someone else here will be much better able.

Stuff on FB happening too now

And I don't think I'm giving anything away to the hacker by saying that....

what's happening on fb chicken ?

No anti-virus stuff?? how do they manage then??
No one has yet written a virus for a Mac that can be downloaded without the users knowledge.

fishing attempts being sent out from MN posters profiles to other MNers apparently.

PMs and invitations to things.

llareggub a few friends who aren't on here had their emails hacked this week so it could be a coincidence.

ah bloody hell.

Hello there,
Thanks for sending that over, we flagged it to the tech team as beyond urgent and we have a reply from them but because we are not quite fluent in tech lingo we have written back asking for clarification. The gist was that it's not something they are worried about, thank heavens. We SO appreciate you buzzing about it, though, thanks.

How have you heard this Chicken?
Have you had PM?

Emails are being hacked all the time so it may just be coincidence.

Security warning came up again

Was that regarding my problem Helen?

just a heads up. Several people can't get in their Tesco accounts.

Im logged out of tescos as well - just checked

Yes, it was, scatter. Apologies, I should have been clearer. They've got back now and said they'll report the ad to the agency but it's not a problem that is related to our current fandango. Thanks for flagging it, though.

Hmmm. It won't actually load the password reset page for me either.