Virus?

[Billy09]

everyone knows where they stand with neil - f*ckin nowhere

[lharris92]

everyone knows where they stand with neil - f*ckin nowhere

[llcoolphil]

rather know where i stand than to be told garbage left right and center from the same person who may contradict themselves time after time

[lharris92]

Totally - it was meant as a compliment to the bloke

[LondonTom]

I find Neils PR hilarious (and I have been on the receiving end of his unique style on occasion), cuts to the chase and all that. This website (particularly the Glastonbury bit) is clearly a work of love, it would be a damn shame to lose it.

[Bloke down the pub]

I’ve had this as well. Took me the best part of a day to get rid of it. My virus protection didn’t pick it up, but ’spyware’doctor' did eventually (after I updated it). Even so, it took a few runs and re-boots.

It’s wasn’t a virus, just a nasty bit of malware pretending to be a virus in order to sell an even nastier ‘anti-virus’ program 'av-force'. I’m not blaming efestivals - Sh1t happens.

What might be useful, is a sticky post explaining what this was, and how to deal with it.

For what it’s worth, this who owns the domain name av-force.net:

Administrative Contact:

Name: Irina Adisova

Organization: Kisken inter

Address: MSK Chertanovskaya st 70 flor 12-40

City: MSK

Province/state: msk

Country: RU

Postal Code: 158974

Phone: +7.9957737716

Fax: +7.9957737716

Edited May 4, 2010 by Bloke down the pub

[Triton]

given that he enjoyed scaring you all so much and unnecessarily dumping even more shit in my direction without giving a shit for you lot, I wouldn't let him polish your turd let alone near my servers.

[hellcats]

Well I wasn't sure (still not) if I had the virus as I did have the 3D parsing thing and the java thing pop up but then nothing else seems to have happened so I emailed Neil this morning to see if it was safe to come back and he replied straight away saying he'd fixed it. Fingers crossed it's not on my pc or laptop.

I really hope this site doesn't go down - where will we all go for info?

Those other two festival sites are crap!!

[jimmyd93]

I'm still not understanding how so many people got this virus if you all have AV software :/

Mine (AVG free) picked it up straight away, and I didn't hear anything else about it at all. So...I would say Neil's right. If you had decent AV software, and kept it updated then you shouldn't have had a problem...Unless you have a really shitty antivirus programme

[Triton]

In all fairness he only pointed out your server is/was vulnerable. I would have thought that was useful.

[HurrahBrother]

A big thanks to all the posters who provided fixes/removal advice. Much appreciated.

[Im_in_a_tent]

the shit all round simply isn't worth the hassle from where I'm sat.

So either things are fixed today, or efests is dead. The decision ain't mine.

I'm off now for some nice relaxation. If efests ain't here in the morning then I can get back to a life, an abuse free life, and ten times the wages. I'm beyond caring which way it goes.

[jimmyd93]

i havnt posted here in a while but i felt compelled to say niel you are a f**king twat

your site is giving people a virus/sharing details to 3rd partys. with or without your consent and you dont give 2 pieces of shit about it

good riddince to efestivals i say if your gonna be a prick about whats some serious shit shut the website down the worlds better off with out it anyway

[Im_in_a_tent]

Dude...It (probably, I havn't read back through everything) wasn't his fault. It was whoever supplies the ads to efests. Generally, the person running the site has no say over what ads get shown, and if one of those happens to be infected, then they've just gotta tell the people who supply the ads, or find someone else to do it. These things happen. It's happened on loads of forums I've been on. But not for so long, which I assume we can put down to the bank holiday. Which is fair enough...

Just remember that he's doing all this stuff virtually for free, with maybe a little bit of income from the ads. But they don't go that far. You can't expect everything to be perfect.

[eFestivals]

i havnt posted here in a while but i felt compelled to say niel you are a f**king twat

your site is giving people a virus/sharing details to 3rd partys. with or without your consent and you dont give 2 pieces of shit about it

good riddince to efestivals i say if your gonna be a prick about whats some serious shit shut the website down the worlds better off with out it anyway

I give a shit.

Which is why the problem will be fixed today, or not fixed at all.

[Bradders]

An "I'm sorry for any inconvenience, efestivals will resolve the problem as soon as possible and do our utmost to make sure it can't happen again" style post wouldn't have gone amiss though. Instead of "it's nothing to do with me, anyway I didn't get a virus because my anti-virus is better than yours". People are going to be scared of using this site now.

[eFestivals]

In fact, I've just found the email, and the further 'insecurity' (which Triton made appear as a far greater problem/issue than it really was) is fixed.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

I give a shit.

Which is why the problem will be fixed today, or not fixed at all.

Edited May 4, 2010 by Rufus Gwertigan

[eFestivals]

An "I'm sorry for any inconvenience, efestivals will resolve the problem as soon as possible and do our utmost to make sure it can't happen again" style post wouldn't have gone amiss though. Instead of "it's nothing to do with me, anyway I didn't get a virus because my anti-virus is better than yours". People are going to be scared of using this site now.

efestivals is always doing it's utmost to ensure such things can't happen; they still happen.

Any fear that people have of using ANY websites (because the risk from all is about even) can be addressed and can only be addressed with better AV software if they have poor AV software currently. A good test of what is or isn't good AV software is whether your AV software protected you here.

Edited May 4, 2010 by eFestivals

[whisty]

Efestdrama over!

Edited May 4, 2010 by whisty

[Im_in_a_tent]

I give a shit.

Which is why the problem will be fixed today, or not fixed at all.

[whisty]

then why not admit some for of responsibillity rather then blaming triton, peoples AV software ETC Its your website its your responsibility

[Bradders]

efestivals is always doing it's utmost to ensure such things can't happen; they still happen.

Edited May 4, 2010 by Bradders

[eFestivals]

then why not admit some for of responsibillity rather then blaming triton, peoples AV software ETC Its your website its your responsibility

If my servers are my responsibility then a user's PC must be their responsibility. Or am I responsible for the whole internet?

[Triton]

In fact, I've just found the email, and the further 'insecurity' (which Triton made appear as a far greater problem/issue than it really was) is fixed.