the only way that can happen is if they could guess or get your password if one of you had a keylogging trojan for example infecting one of your machines Hugh W On 23/06/07, W. David Samuelsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > call direct the legal department, then helpdesk.rootsweb.com and spell > it out in no uncertain terms the urgency. > > David > > Tyrone wrote: > > hello, > > > > Although the powers that be at Rootsweb, didn't think this > was or is a problem, we, at our *community* web-site certainly believe it > is a major problem. > > > > Although it happened 2 months ago, we are still paying the price. It has > cost us much in time and effort, and needless to say ....a very *Great* > disappointment at the lack of help from Rootsweb. > > > > > > Our web-techie states (Names removed) > > ------------------------------------------------- > > It was a hacker > > They injected malicious code into the index pages using "I' frames. It > > wouldn't have messed users around much, all it did was give these > low-lifes > > "pay-per-click" to a myriad of sleazy websites, which our visitors would > be > > unknowingly doing as these I frames were only 1 pixel in size so you > > wouldn't know they were loading on the pages. > > > > I've removed the code, but they did screw up some pages, but now that > > security is sorted I'll get on to it. > > How the website got compromised we don't know, but there was no point in > > fixing anything until such time as we obtained a new password. > > > > (someone) explained the situation to Rootsweb but seemingly they didn't > understand the urgency of the issue. > > > > end of message > > ---------------------------------------- > > I simply cannot understand this, and would appreciate guidance and > suggestions.We have worked on this site as a group of many folks, from a > mailing list for over 5 years now and have lost alot of data. > > > > Thank-You for any and all help! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- a wonderful artist in Denmark http://www.ingerlisekristoffersen.dk/ Beta blogger http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks old blogger GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG