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[Verla Kay]

This forum had a Malware infection that has now been removed. (I hope!)

[Verla Kay]

Ah, ha! I see a few of you got on. Last Time I restored was before I had the MalWare removed and the forum went back to Accessed Denied after a very short time. I'm hoping that doesn't happen again!

[Katie]

Glad we're back up! Should we worry about malware on our personal computers from trying to access this site and the Blueboard?

[Verla Kay]

Glad we're back up! Should we worry about malware on our personal computers from trying to access this site and the Blueboard?

I have no clue about that, Katie!

Dave? Anyone else? Does anyone know anything about how MalWare works?

[Verla Kay]

My computer savvy son says...if you couldn't access any links while the MalWare was active on this site (which you couldn't, because you got an access denied message when you tried to come here) then you couldn't transfer the MalWare to your computer. 

[kathyc]

So glad you're back, Verla.

[Verla Kay]

Me, too, Kathy. And the bizarre thing is that it turns out it was a FALSE MalWare reading! My server had taken down the forum due to an error. Apparently if this server suspects a MalWare infection, they immediately put up an Access Denied message and remove the page/site so visitors attempting to access it cannot (also) become infected by MalWare. In the case of my forum, it was a false MalWare reading and as soon as they discovered that, they restored access to the forum.

[Laurel]

I appreciate the care taken to protect us from possible Malware.

[Vonna]

I'm so glad this has been resolved. Whew!