VLS Hacked

[Ross]

Stay away from VLS.  It's been hacked although appears that no permanent
damage has been done to my computer. (Clicked on a link and got a
Russian porn site.  When I tried to leave got the usual fake Microsoft help
number.)

[Steve]

Thanks but it isn't hacked. Your computer is probably hacked and will occasionally redirect to scam websites. Do a full system scan with proper AV software.

[Azim]

From the looks of it the PM on this site has been hacked.

You can't read any of the old messages unless it's a new feature.

[Ross]

Thanks but it isn't hacked. Your computer is probably hacked and will occasionally redirect to scam websites. Do a full system scan with proper AV software.

Do that regularly and again after this incident and nothing found.

It was a fairly amateur attempt to extort money by expanding Firefox to full screen,
disabling the controls at top right and putting what was obviously a web graphic up to
claim that the computer had been disabled because of a security threat.

I had to use the Windows task manager to close Firefox which solved the problem.  As
well as having had Avast anti-virus running at the time I also ran Malware Hunter and
UnhackMe, neither of which found anything amiss.

[ati]

From the looks of it the PM on this site has been hacked.

You can't read any of the old messages unless it's a new feature.

It works fine for me. I can read all PM's I have ever received.

[gianfrancopierino]

vls working also ofr me, but the admin did not approved none of my messages or the oppened discussion, perhaps in the end the are some problems, i dont get the russian porn site, so i must be on your pc Ross

[Azim]

It works fine for me. I can read all PM's I have ever received.

I guess my PM might have been blocked or the database corrupted.

I wouldn't be surprised in either of the cases.