FYI -------------------------------------------------- From: "Sherri" <ldrbelties@earthlink.net> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 5:30 PM To: <board@rootsweb.com>; <usgenweb-all@rootsweb.com>; <usgenweb-discuss@rootsweb.com>; <state-coord@rootsweb.com> Subject: [ABChat] Hacker Attack (Again) > ********************* Please forward to all Project Lists > ********************************** > > The National USGenWeb Project site and all sites hosted on theusgenweb.org > domain, as well as a few other Project sites have been hit again by a > hacker that has included some malware code at the end of the majority of > the > pages on each site. We are working with the hosting service right now to > get the sites cleaned and the code removed. Please ask ALL Project > Coordinators that have their sites hosted on theusgenweb.org or anyone > that > specifically gets notices that they're sites are infected to not connect > by > ftp to the sites until at least the 16th as we work to try to ensure that > we > have the sites cleaned once again. > > For folks that have only visited the USGenWeb National site or any of the > other affected sites using their browser, the risk is very minor that your > computer has been infected. If you've connected by ftp and downloaded > files > from any of the infected sites, I'd suggest running a full virus scan on > your computer and I'd also recommend running at least a couple of spyware > scans to add an additional level of confidence that your system is clean. > > All sites that are hosted on theusgenweb.org server will have the > passwords > changed before you can log in again. I'll be starting on this immediately > so that the downtime will be minimized as much as possible. > > If anyone has any specific questions or problems, please let me know. > > Sherri Bradley > National Coordinator > USGenWeb Project > Information about the USGenWeb Project at http://usgenweb.org > Advisory Board Agenda http://usgenweb.org/agenda2.php > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > USGENWEB-ALL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message