Forum problem

[Airfixx]

I know. A bit weird.

Perhaps there was there something going on last night to drive traffic?

 

[Dr Rocktopus]

:nunothumbs:

 

[Admin]

The site was brought down by a DDoS attack yesterday. Someone doesn't like us

I'll look into ways we can prevent the site going down in future if/when they try to again.

 

[Habanero]

Admin The site has suddenly started asking if I want to download “setuid”. every page. Seems suspicious!

 

[Admin]

Admin The site has suddenly started asking if I want to download “setuid”. every page. Seems suspicious!

Odd. Never seen that before. What system and browser and you using? Can you test on another device?

 

[Bazali]

iOS on iPad And Safari. It seems to have stopped now, so maybe it was an ads glitch.

Starting on my iPhone 11 now
I use Safari

Really annoying!

 

[Linesman]

Seems to be something only effecting a few iOS users To Dare Is To Do.

Not sure what to suggest at the minute. Throw your phone out the window.

happening on my iMac using Safari but not Firefox

 

[cretinousgoat]

Getting this today (browsing on safari on MacBook)

download from 'simage4.pubmatic.com'

 

[Bazali]

Still clear on Firefox

Must be Safari with the problem

 

[bus-conductor]

I'm not sure that it's a 'problem'. 'setuid' is a utility sometimes used in jailbreaking devices or for privilege escalation. So it could be that Safari is asking for confirmation, but Firefox is not asking. It could also be something that is deliberately targeting a Safari exploit.

Did you figure this out, as of last night, I was being “setuid” prompted every time I hit a new page in the summer transfer thread?

It was just my MacBook (safari) not my iPhone (safari)

 

[bus-conductor]

Weird that it just seems to be the transfer thread?

 

[bus-conductor]

No, but it was other threads too. My theory was that it was connected to the adverts. However when I tried it on my iMac to be able to inspect the page source I didn't get the popup.

If I have accidentally clicked "OK" on this what is it likely to do?

 

[Habanero]

If I have accidentally clicked "OK" on this what is it likely to do?

It's not easy to say, but logically it would download that executable which might then be used to install other stuff like a trojan or bot node.

 

[bus-conductor]

It's not easy to say, but logically it would download that executable which might then be used to install other stuff like a trojan or bot node.

How can I check to see if I did download it?

 

[Habanero]

How can I check to see if I did download it?

Unfortunately, without being able to reproduce it and risk downloading it myself I don't know.

 

[bus-conductor]

Unfortunately, without being able to reproduce it and risk downloading it myself I don't know.

Any suggestions for a good program I can use to check for something like this?

 

[Habanero]

Any suggestions for a good program I can use to check for something like this?

Sorry I don't have any, as this stuff is quit rare on macOS. My work tends to make me wary of anything odd, which lead me to post the warning back on Friday as soon as I saw it.

 

[SpiderSpurs 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦]

What just happened?



Admin

 

[Furball man]

Admin

I had an issue today asking me to log in , it never happens , it always automatically logs in but then it said my log in details had changed

Anyone has anything similar?

 

[Airfixx]

All good at my end.....

Android phone.
Mac OS lappy.