• Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning old domain name stealing credentials

  • Special Server Maintenance

    Just when you think you have everything running some what better...

    You get a message from the Hosting company. Short story they need to move us to a new server. I have been working with them to plan a good date for all concerned. Here is what we have come up with as a schedule.

    1. November 4th 17:00 -5UTC shut off the forums and start backup proceedures. During this time there will be no access to the forums or the Resource Section.
    2. November 5th Continue with Backups and download same until complete.
    3. November 6th 7:00 turn over server to hosting company to move system to new server
    4. November 7th - 8th restore backups and upgrade forum software.

    If all goes well we should be back online on November 8th.

    To keep you updated we will post updates on AVSIM forums.

    Thank you for your support.

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Wings of Gold

Wings of Gold

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I am transitioning to a new computer, and also have decided to use Bitdefender instead of Norton. Today I went to the SSW site for the first time since using Bitdefender. I immediately got an unsafe warning (because of unsafe url's) and was blocked from entry. I have used SSW many times in the past with no problems. I can add SSW to my "safe sites list" (and override Bitdefendder). BUT, in a feeling of caution, I thought I would post this question prior to overriding my antivirus.Anyone having a problem with SSW - or is this an error?Regards to all,Bill
 
I purchased something from them a couple weeks ago, and since neither my credit card nor identity has been stolen yet, that's probably a false positive.
 
It's a false positive. I've found more than just a couple well known FS sites that return false positives, for one reason or another. I use Norton, and they often need to be over-ridden. It's often because of the way FS does things within the Windows system that appear to act like a virus does, even though it is designed to do so by Microsoft originally. Go figure...
 
I complained a bit at the sales thread just the other day. I tried to log in and register without success. I did this at work and my work PC is less protected than at home. Within 20 minutes after my last register attempt I received a blackmail email to my work email. I don't know if these events are related.
 
William Njurmi said:
I complained a bit at the sales thread just the other day. I tried to log in and register without success. I did this at work and my work PC is less protected than at home. Within 20 minutes after my last register attempt I received a blackmail email to my work email. I don't know if these events are related.
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Your EMail address (and password to the site) may have been stolen from some site(s).

Here: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ you can check it.

There are some sites of firms that shouldn't be there like for example Avast (Internet security). Not very secure, eh?
 
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