I just read a message on the MS county coordinators list from someone who claims she got malware installed when she clicked on the link for her list tools for her county. I told her to report it to the helpdesk. As for me, I'm not going to any of my list tools until I'm sure they are clean. Gene

Gene, You would do well verifying the facts before publishing something like this on this or any other list. This is exactly why virus/malware warnings are not discouraged on any list that I am aware of, and inappropriate on this or most other lists. Just a thought. David E. Cann decann@infionline.net -----Original Message----- From: listowners-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:listowners-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gene Phillips Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 1:47 PM To: Listowners Subject: [LO] Rootsweb hacked? I just read a message on the MS county coordinators list from someone who claims she got malware installed when she clicked on the link for her list tools for her county. I told her to report it to the helpdesk. As for me, I'm not going to any of my list tools until I'm sure they are clean. Gene

Gene Phillips wrote: > I just read a message on the MS county coordinators list from > someone who claims she got malware installed when she clicked on > the link for her list tools for her county. I told her to report it > to the helpdesk. As for me, I'm not going to any of my list tools > until I'm sure they are clean. Possibly, no site is wholly immune from hacking; but if that were the case, it's unlikely to be just one list affected, a number of list admins would also be affected. We'll have to see how many more have also been affected. None of my security programs has flagged a problem. I've been to the list tools page for all my main lists several times today for one reason or another. The person concerned could have picked up the malware from another site around the same time, maybe as a drive-by. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Ashcott, Shapwick, Greinton and Clutton, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk