zogger
Tree Freak
right now the linkbux is coming in I think from serious deals dot net. try blocking that.
Whats with the LINKBUCKS crap!!!! rediculous, great way to end the site!!!
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right now the linkbux is coming in I think from serious deals dot net. try blocking that.
SawTroll
Information Collector
You can block JavaScript on IE as well - had to do that today. I just turn Javascript on again, before going to other sites.
I can't believe this site is still this screwed up.
Couldn't get on at all yesterday and this morning.
I believe in what pogo said awhile back, Get some
professional people involved and fix this place.
Lee
Couldn't get on at all yesterday and this morning.
I believe in what pogo said awhile back, Get some
professional people involved and fix this place.
Lee
spike60
Addicted to ArboristSite
I agree; a proper fix is in order here.
All of these suggestions about how to log into a site that's been hacked aren't really solving the problem. Gotta get it UN-hacked.
mainewoods
Addicted to ArboristSite
I must say (again) - No Script works. Zero issues getting on AS since I installed it.
zogger
Tree Freak
Yes, that is true for *here* on AS, but apparently a lot of guys here are surfing around not knowing about javascript exploits or proper computer browser security. So in that sense it is still useful to be showing people how to run their own machines better.
It's tech, we are all here for tech, one way or the other...spend the same amount of time actually learning to use a good browser as say, one TV "big game", and it will pay you back in online security forever.
Mastermind
Work Saw Specialist
Yeah, but.
What about our new guy that comes thru? Hit's a linkbuck spam BS page and walks away.
Disabling Javascript is not a permanent solution. Some functionality required to use the forum is lost when you do.
SawTroll
Information Collector
Very true, but just now the site works fine, without disabling anything!:msp_wink:
Mastermind
Work Saw Specialist
The settings page is blank, and email notifications don't work.
roberte
Addicted to ArboristSite
20 minutes or 2 hours back on is not a proper representation of working. Weve heard all this before.
roberte
Addicted to ArboristSite
and hasn't worked correctly since all this mess began
i just tried to send darin a message but it said some kinds of errors occured,,,,, so i don't think it went through..
i good friend of mine is a genious when it comes to all this internet security stuff..
he ain't just a computer geek, he can fix his cars, rebuild a motor, etc, ect,,
i called him yesterday about the problems here..
i'm sure he could fix the issues if he were needed..
so if someone wants to pass this along that'd be fine with me..
chuck
i good friend of mine is a genious when it comes to all this internet security stuff..
he ain't just a computer geek, he can fix his cars, rebuild a motor, etc, ect,,
i called him yesterday about the problems here..
i'm sure he could fix the issues if he were needed..
so if someone wants to pass this along that'd be fine with me..
chuck
Yep. AboristSite is being hacked to death. Wonder if LinkBucks is the only one doing it. Seems like it could be a team of crooks effort to shut the site down.
SawTroll
Information Collector
ndlawrence
ArboristSite Guru
Still no luck here other than tapatalk.
zogger
Tree Freak
Well, I am a bit more hard core about people going on the internet and slap refusing to learn to USE the internet or their OWN tools. Just saying "I don't know me no internet compooter stuff" ain't cutting it...
No excuse, you can learn plenty of security stuff in the time it takes to watch one movie on TV or one football game. Can't do that, I rapidly lose sympathy.
I feel just as much about that as people..hmm..analogy for here...running a big saw one handed standing up on a ladder. Then coming on the site and asking about the accident they had. It is in the "duh" category.
People know they are security risks on the net, yet they constantly just run some crap that came installed on their computer with the default settings, which is accept everything and every cookie and every popup and every..everything which is NUTS. (looking at YOU microsoft and windows..)
There is a certain minimum amount that a person needs to learn about these issues, IMO, and they need to make at least a teeny tiny effort on their own.
And I will have to add, while sober.....
If this theoretical newbie is going to a brand new to them site they have never been to, with full javascript acceptance on..that shows they have never spent one minute trying to help themselves navigate around the net or be a little responsible for their own security or usage.
The info is out there and has been out there for years and years on thousands/millions of web pages.
I am not putting anyone down, but, say,,,get in a car and no one is sitting there to tell you to click that seatbelt, but the seatbelt is sitting there..you can't just say "never saw that, what is that thing"? Find out. make an effort. Computers have menus, settings/there are any number of sites out there that will teach you things. The person has to do it. Find out what all those clicks do and don't do. check it out.
I think it is fine once they have learned a bit, to then ask questions. Heck, I do that here with saw things, as I am not an expert, but tell ya, I also go out of my way to search and learn and just read in advance. I do that with everything technical, not just saws, a huge variety of subjects, including using computers. I mean..guy walking with his laces undone, "hey man, you might trip unless you tie your shoes" How many times does he need to be told that?
I will consolidate the above..I am not an expert on anything really, I putz at some things..but I ain't lazy either. I look, I find out. I research a lot of things before I do them or "get into" something. People need to not be lazy and learn about the things they are using so that they can be more effective. I still screw up, I had a terrible stump the other day, I mean downright fail, but..I *try*, I make an effort to learn to do better the next time. computers/saws, doesn't matter, I make an effort. I don't just throw my hands up on things.
Am I being mean? Nope, just realistic. I have been here long enough to know how guys who ask real dumb questions get answered (or ignored). Questions that five minutes of independent research would have told them. Make mistakes, sure, we all do, but this theoretical "newbie" needs to get with the internet program and do the absolute bare raw minimum to take care of himself first before he goes willy nilly surfing around, too. And then blaming his troubles on someone else..
Big websites with a lot of traffic are prime malware targets. Happens all the time, even to well guarded huge sites with full time IT guys monitoring 24/7.. Stuff happens. It's HARD to keep them clean all the time, BUT..individuals have their own responsibility as well.
SkippyKtm
The Lorax, my FIL rip...
Just got this message when I tried to view messages:
"The file /home/arborist/public_html/includes/ibid_functions.php is corrupted."
This is getting old....:bang:
towingace
ArboristSite Guru
Well sheeeiit, I thought I was starting to get the hang of this compooter thing!
I'm going out in the shop and talk to somebody on my 'ol rotary telephone that's been hanging on the wall since the 70's.
I'm going out in the shop and talk to somebody on my 'ol rotary telephone that's been hanging on the wall since the 70's.
