• Mickybay BBS Down

    From Raven@VERT to All on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 05:27:51
    Hi ALL,

    The MickBay BBS will be down for a few days...

    The system got hacked last night and all the files were erased so just have to reinstall windows and move the backup back over ..

    Sorry Folks


    Raven.

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  • From Gandolf@VERT to Raven on Saturday, February 14, 2015 12:33:51
    On 02/11/2015 06:27 AM, Raven wrote:
    Hi ALL,

    The MickBay BBS will be down for a few days...

    The system got hacked last night and all the files were erased so just have to
    reinstall windows and move the backup back over ..

    Sorry Folks


    Raven.



    That sucks dude.
    Hope you recover everything ok.

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  • From Raven@VERT to Gandolf on Monday, February 16, 2015 08:11:02
    Hey Gandolf,

    I have backup so im ok there. My system backs up every night onto a usb hdd. I have setup the system since and keeps been hacked.
    I have been trying to setup the system on a linux system but to no avail as i dont really know linux that well.

    Ill keep having a play and see if i can get it running


    Thanks again


    Raven..




    On 02/11/2015 06:27 AM, Raven wrote:
    Hi ALL,

    The MickBay BBS will be down for a few days...

    The system got hacked last night and all the files were erased so just have to reinstall windows and move the backup back over ..

    Sorry Folks


    Raven.



    That sucks dude.
    Hope you recover everything ok.

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Raven on Monday, February 16, 2015 18:52:01
    Re: Re: Mickybay BBS Down
    By: Raven to Gandolf on Mon Feb 16 2015 08:11 am

    Hey Gandolf,

    I have backup so im ok there. My system backs up every night onto a usb
    hdd. I have setup the system since and keeps been hacked.


    what do you mean 'hacked' ?
    that is a very vague word. do you not have antivirus and other security measures?

    did you do an os reinstall and install antivirus and then setup the bbs?

    do you have a RAT?
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  • From Raven@VERT to Mro on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 02:54:40
    Hi Mro,

    The system was re-installed with windows and i did have AVG running but it seems the system was still not secure.

    I run a firewall on the router and also had the firewall on the windows system itself.

    somthing or someone keeps erasing files in the bbs directory.
    also the system had a mass of web popups.

    I find this strange as this is a dedicated pc for the bbs.

    I have now loaded Linux mint onto the PC as i was told this would be harder to "hack" or get into.

    I dont know much about linux so its a very big learning curve but a good one, Ive always wanted to have a play with Linux and learn it so i suppose this has been a good thing. Well not for my users.....

    Regards Raven.

    Re: Re: Mickybay BBS Down
    By: Raven to Gandolf on Mon Feb 16 2015 08:11 am

    Hey Gandolf,

    I have backup so im ok there. My system backs up every night onto a usb hdd. I have setup the system since and keeps been hacked.


    what do you mean 'hacked' ?
    that is a very vague word. do you not have antivirus and other security measures?

    did you do an os reinstall and install antivirus and then setup the bbs?

    do you have a RAT?
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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Raven on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 17:47:38
    Re: Re: Mickybay BBS Down
    By: Raven to Mro on Tue Feb 17 2015 02:54 am

    Hi Mro,

    The system was re-installed with windows and i did have AVG running but it seems the system was still not secure.

    I run a firewall on the router and also had the firewall on the windows system itself.

    somthing or someone keeps erasing files in the bbs directory.
    also the system had a mass of web popups.


    windows what? what version?

    did you reset the router? did you turn off UPNP?
    you must have someone installing these viruses, or you have previously infected files that you are running that your AV can't catch.


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  • From spacesst@VERT/SPACESST to Mro on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 07:43:59
    Re: Re: Mickybay BBS Down
    By: Mro to Raven on Tue Feb 17 2015 17:47:38

    Hi Mro,

    The system was re-installed with windows and i did have AVG running
    but it seems the system was still not secure.

    I run a firewall on the router and also had the firewall on the
    windows system itself.

    somthing or someone keeps erasing files in the bbs directory.
    also the system had a mass of web popups.

    it's sure something affect your computer
    popup, your are infected / restore a full backup of your computer
    and make a diskscan, normaly it will fix the problem the fast way
    if you have no backup , have fun !!

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to spacesst on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 17:21:25
    Re: Re: Mickybay BBS Down
    By: spacesst to Mro on Wed Feb 18 2015 07:43 am

    it's sure something affect your computer
    popup, your are infected / restore a full backup of your computer
    and make a diskscan, normaly it will fix the problem the fast way
    if you have no backup , have fun !!


    you are replying to the wrong person.
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to spacesst on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 19:50:36
    Re: Re: Mickybay BBS Down
    By: spacesst to Mro on Wed Feb 18 2015 07:43:59

    it's sure something affect your computer
    popup, your are infected / restore a full backup of your computer
    and make a diskscan, normaly it will fix the problem the fast way
    if you have no backup , have fun !!

    I'm not sure if it's your editor or something else, but every line of your text
    is indented.

    Nightfox

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 23:12:30
    Re: Re: Mickybay BBS Down
    By: Nightfox to spacesst on Wed Feb 18 2015 07:50 pm


    I'm not sure if it's your editor or something else, but every line of your text is indented.


    yeah it was annoying.
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  • From Grud@VERT/PHASED to Raven on Thursday, February 19, 2015 18:42:28
    Re: Mickybay BBS Down
    By: Raven to All on Wed Feb 11 2015 05:27 am

    Hi ALL,

    The MickBay BBS will be down for a few days...

    The system got hacked last night and all the files were erased so just have to reinstall windows and move the backup back over ..

    How'd it happen? Any way we can harden our systems?

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Grud on Friday, February 20, 2015 01:35:29
    Re: Mickybay BBS Down
    By: Grud to Raven on Thu Feb 19 2015 06:42 pm


    The system got hacked last night and all the files were erased so just have to reinstall windows and move the backup back over ..

    How'd it happen? Any way we can harden our systems?


    what do you mean 'our systems'? this was this person's problem, not ours
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  • From Raven@VERT/MICKYBAY to Mro on Friday, February 20, 2015 13:48:00
    Hi ALL,

    The MickyBay BBS is now back up & running
    Just moving files back over.

    Turned out it was a few EXE files that had been uploaded to the system were causing the issues.


    All the best


    Raven...



    Re: Mickybay BBS Down
    By: Grud to Raven on Thu Feb 19 2015 06:42 pm


    The system got hacked last night and all the files were erased so
    just
    have to reinstall windows and move the backup back over ..

    How'd it happen? Any way we can harden our systems?


    what do you mean 'our systems'? this was this person's problem, not ours ---
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Mro on Friday, February 20, 2015 14:28:36
    How'd it happen? Any way we can harden our systems?

    what do you mean 'our systems'? this was this person's problem, not ours

    I imagine what could happen to one system could happen to anyone's system.. These things aren't always isolated incidents.

    Nightfox

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Raven on Friday, February 20, 2015 17:25:30
    Re: Re: Mickybay BBS Down
    By: Raven to Mro on Fri Feb 20 2015 01:48 pm

    Hi ALL,

    The MickyBay BBS is now back up & running
    Just moving files back over.


    post on the bottom

    post on the bottom

    not the top


    post on the bottom
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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Friday, February 20, 2015 17:25:49
    Re: Mickybay BBS Down
    By: Nightfox to Mro on Fri Feb 20 2015 02:28 pm

    How'd it happen? Any way we can harden our systems?

    what do you mean 'our systems'? this was this person's problem, not
    ours

    I imagine what could happen to one system could happen to anyone's system.. These things aren't always isolated incidents.



    it's not like it was a synchronet issue.
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  • From Mickey@VERT/OXFORDMI to Raven on Friday, February 20, 2015 16:47:18
    Re: Re: Mickybay BBS Down
    By: Raven to Mro on Fri Feb 20 2015 01:48 pm

    Hi ALL,
    All the best

    Glad you got things figured out. Cheers!

    Mickey
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