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  1. #1
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    Default Have we been hacked?

    G'day
    A few weeks ago Kaspersky warned me that this site had been hacked .Yesterday I got a message saying that I had a private message awaiting me .When I clicked to open it I got a full page
    "congratulations you have won ... etc .
    What's going on?
    Ted

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    I get a similar message at the top of the screen when I go into the Forum. It has been happening for a day or so but I have been ignoring it.
    Just had an advert for Freedom Furniture and then O'Brien Boilers ????

    I logged out and logged back in but they still appear.
    Tom

    "It's good enough" is low aim

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    I use Adblocker so all I get is a bigger than normal blank panel at the top of the screen.
    Cliff.
    If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.

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    There has been a few new people to the forum also, selling stuff. Do they need to be looked at??? Selling filters and food packaging products


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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    I am also now getting Google banner type ads constantly instead of the forum banner.
    Regards Rod.
    Rod Gilbert.

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    Quote Originally Posted by turnerted View Post
    G'day
    A few weeks ago Kaspersky warned me that this site had been hacked .Yesterday I got a message saying that I had a private message awaiting me .When I clicked to open it I got a full page
    "congratulations you have won ... etc .
    What's going on?
    Ted
    That's sounds like someone opening an account on the forum and using it to send PMs.
    Just report it to the mods and the will can that account.

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    Not getting PM's just banner ads across the top of every page installed ad blocker but you then lose sponsor ads also which are wanted at times.
    Regards Rod.
    Rod Gilbert.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cal View Post
    There has been a few new people to the forum also, selling stuff. Do they need to be looked at??? Selling filters and food packaging products
    They have been sent to spammer heaven!

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    Me too
    Michael

    Wood Butcher

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers View Post
    I use Adblocker so all I get is a bigger than normal blank panel at the top of the screen.
    Me too
    Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working. — Pablo Picasso


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    I`m getting ebay adds

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    Me too - Ads for listings similar to one I looked at 5 minutes ago............
    What you say & what people hear are not always the same thing.
    http://www.remark.me.uk/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bedford View Post
    They have been sent to spammer heaven!

    Hi,
    I thought that spammers, scammers and hackers had their own special place reserved for them in Hell.
    regerds
    Hugh

    Enough is enough, more than enough is too much.

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    I have advert for "Domain for sale at Australia.net:

    Looking at the frame info it is a googlead with the address:
    https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/...ms.com&dtd=343

    Bob

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    Me too. I even had a message, purportedly, from some young chick. They probably have all our details.

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