• 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.

Simviation problem....

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This message is in the forums. I'm using IE.
 
Things to consider:

1 - Just because they don't know it doesn't mean they aren't infected.

2 - Just because they say they don't know of any malware doesn't prove that they really don't know.

Some years ago I went to SimV and happened to pass my mouse pointer over an ad. I didn't click on it, just moused over it, and my security suite went nuts. It seemed that the page was trying to download and install a particularly nasty bit of malware that was going around at that time that included a key logger and a Trojan.

I contacted SimV immediately and told them what had happened. Someone else told me that had the same experience and that they also reported it to SimV.

SimV never replied to my message or to the other person's, and they let that ad run for the entire month. Every time I visited SimV for that month, as soon as my pointer got close to that ad, all the alerts went off.

When I mentioned it in the SOH forum one of SimV's big fans said I shouldn't complain or warn people off. They went on about how SimV couldn't cancel that ad because it had been paid for and they'd have to give the money back, and they needed that money.

I can't blame SimV for what their moronic fan posted here, but I can sure blame them for letting that ad run for a month after they knew it contained a link to a drive-by download of malware.

I think I'll stay away from SimV until this is straightened out.
 
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Mick said:

1 - Just because they don't know it doesn't mean they aren't infected.

2 - Just because they say they don't know of any malware doesn't prove that they really don't know. ...


I think I'll stay away from SimV until this is straightened out. ...
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As will I. Thanks for sharing your experiences, Mick, appreciated. Been getting this message for almost 19 hours now:



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