TCH-Tim Posted April 1, 2005 Posted April 1, 2005 Did the forums get hacked earlier? I swung by a few hours ago and instead of the board there was a picture and a link to some Quizno's commercial or something. Just wondering if that was your problem or my problem. Quote
Madmanmcp Posted April 1, 2005 Posted April 1, 2005 (edited) looks like they had a problem. (I also got the Quiznos ad) and went to three different computers to see if it was host file problem or a browser hijacking...got the same on all three. Looks fine now Edited April 1, 2005 by Madmanmcp Quote
TCH-BillH Posted April 1, 2005 Posted April 1, 2005 I've been on the forums all day and I didn't notice anything. This sounds like the new worm that went loose on the internet. How is your virus protection? Are there any other symptoms? Quote
Madmanmcp Posted April 1, 2005 Posted April 1, 2005 How is your virus protection? Are there any other symptoms? I'm pretty well protected. McAfee Security Center has been up, and I know updates were downloaded last night. Firewall is fine, I ran Spybot and Adaware 2 days ago. As I mentioned above Its not here and has to be something on the forums server. I used my New laptop and it got the Quiznos ad from MSN and my wife's PC also got it. And I have not used hers to come to the forums before. The home page worked, sortof, but I did stall with the whole page not loading. There was a problem with the top banner not loading. I had to leave the house and pick up my son from Lacrosse practice and now that I am back its working. Quote
rlambdon Posted April 1, 2005 Posted April 1, 2005 (edited) I also got the Quiznos ad, and I'm on my Mac... None of those pesky windows problems on this machine. Everything is fine now... Perhaps *Quiznos Subs!* Edited April 2, 2005 by TCH-BillH Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted April 1, 2005 Posted April 1, 2005 I've been in and out of here all day answering posts and creating new forums and never saw a Quizno's ad. Quote
TCH-Tim Posted April 1, 2005 Author Posted April 1, 2005 This sounds like the new worm that went loose on the internet. How is your virus protection? Are there any other symptoms? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Which new worm? I use Norton Corporate and it's updated every few days. Updated today and did a full scan with nothing found. The forum was the only place I saw the problem. I was able to navigate to other sites with no issues. Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted April 1, 2005 Posted April 1, 2005 I don't know but if you look at this thread and see how many posts I've made today you will know that I have been here all day. I would have seen something wrong. Still sounds like some sort of virus on your end. Quote
Madmanmcp Posted April 1, 2005 Posted April 1, 2005 I also have been on and off the forums all day. It was only for a short time frame this afternoon. If more than one person saw it (count is 3 at this point) then something was amiss and it was not on our end. Somehow there was a temporary redirect when accessing these boards. Its *Quiznos Subs!* as most know so that was my original guess. Quote
TCH-BillH Posted April 1, 2005 Posted April 1, 2005 Has anyone checked snopes (the website) on this? There might be something on the new worm there. I've also been on LiveChat all day and nobody as said anything about this today. It's been very quiet actually. Quote
TCH-Tim Posted April 1, 2005 Author Posted April 1, 2005 Yah, I've been on and off as well. Worked this morning. Works now. This was around 1:30 PST. I would think if the problem was on my end, I still wouldn't be able to get here. April Fool's was my guess, but if you didn't deny access to your forums, I figured you'd be concerned that somebody else did. Quote
rlambdon Posted April 1, 2005 Posted April 1, 2005 (edited) I haven't seen anything about a new worm, but even so, I doubt that it would have any affect on Macs... Edited April 1, 2005 by rlambdon Quote
youneverknow Posted April 1, 2005 Posted April 1, 2005 Well I know head Guru LOVES Quisnos subs...I think *Quiznos Subs!* on the 1/2 hour it was up... I saw the commercial...Bill played a fool on the forums youneverknow! Quote
Madmanmcp Posted April 1, 2005 Posted April 1, 2005 Has anyone checked snopes (the website) on this? If it was a worm then I would still be getting the ad and not having this conversation The link I use to get here is http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/index.php and each time I used it for about a 30 minute timeframe I ended up with the little Quizno's ad and the URL for the picture link was on MSN somewhere. Now I have used that same link several times now and its working perfectly. I would suspect a DNS issue somewhere or some routing issue on a local router. I am on the East Coast, between Washington and Baltimore. If the other 2 people are in my area then that would help explain why we got it and Bruce did not. Quote
Madmanmcp Posted April 2, 2005 Posted April 2, 2005 I am in Central Florida Thats east coast... and I am heading your way tomorrow morning for a Cruise Quote
TCH-Tim Posted April 2, 2005 Author Posted April 2, 2005 I'm in Las Vegas. At this point my money's on the *Quiznos Subs!* theory. Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted April 2, 2005 Posted April 2, 2005 If the other 2 people are in my area then that would help explain why we got it and Bruce did not. Well I am a bit west of you but not much. I'm in SW Ohio. But I didn't experience it. Quote
Madmanmcp Posted April 2, 2005 Posted April 2, 2005 At this point my money's on the Head Guru theory. I am leaning that way also. I see him on the list watching this thread and not speaking up...so lets all wave at Bill. Quote
stevevan Posted April 2, 2005 Posted April 2, 2005 I am in Central Florida <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm in central Florida too (Orlando) and have been online all day...almost as much as Bruce. Haven't seen anything on my end. Maybe I just got lucky. I just updated my antivirus settings first thing this morning. Quote
Madmanmcp Posted April 2, 2005 Posted April 2, 2005 Ok, got it again...but have a little more info and a screen shot Its Bill or Alan or someone at TCH, *Quiznos Subs!*! I've attached the screen shot with a "view source". Who else would make the Title "TCH Sub Shops" Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted April 2, 2005 Posted April 2, 2005 I don't know Bob. Looking at your desktop I see Elves2 which some versions had a virus in them. Quote
TCH-Don Posted April 2, 2005 Posted April 2, 2005 I am on linux with firefox and did not see it, does that help? Quote
Madmanmcp Posted April 2, 2005 Posted April 2, 2005 LOL, try again Bruce. I'm sure that Elves program which has been here for a long time was written just to change the TCH forums on April 1, 2005 to an ad. I have not been a blonde since I was 16 and I do know a thing or two about a virus. Quote
jme574 Posted April 2, 2005 Posted April 2, 2005 I *Quiznos Subs!* got the same thing earlier, when i email support, i got the 3 following email replies. forums down? Your ticket has been submitted to our Technical Support department, one of the TotalChoice staff members will review it and reply accordingly. Listed below are details of this ticket, you may need to use the ticket key listed below to update the status of this ticket from web. forums down? A TotalChoice Staff Member has replied to your Help Desk Ticket with the following: Hello Philip Did you place an order with the Shop ? We have all sorts of specials going on today, would you like a menu ? Thank you for choosing TotalChoice Hosting. Regards, Robert Mulhern, Help Desk Manager TotalChoice Hosting, L.L.C forums down? A TotalChoice Staff Member has replied to your Help Desk Ticket with the following: Did you know we have a pepper bar? Warmest Regards, Bill Kish General Manager TotalChoice Hosting, L.L.C Quote
TCH-Tim Posted April 2, 2005 Author Posted April 2, 2005 I'm in Las Vegas. At this point my money's on the *Quiznos Subs!* theory. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Looking at a post of mine from several hours ago, I see "somebody" is going through editing the forums, inserting this "*Quiznos Subs!*" thing. Hmmmm.... Quote
annie Posted April 2, 2005 Posted April 2, 2005 I got a 404 when I accessed my newposts bookmark yesterday. Then tried the forums and other places and got 404's there too. I wondered about April Fools, but then wondered if there had been a problem. Quote
Madmanmcp Posted April 2, 2005 Posted April 2, 2005 I see "somebody" is going through editing the forums, inserting this "*Quiznos Subs!*" thing. Hmmmm.... They changed April Fools to *Quiznos Subs!* and yesterday they changed the Topic from Hacked to Forums. Guess they didn't want others to get the impression this forum was hacked when it actually wasn't. So when are we getting our subs? Can you deliver mine to me while I am in Florida? ;-) Quote
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