Coin hive

[Muad_Dib]

There is a coinhive script running on this forum, I hope the owners haven't placed it there hoping to use our computers to mine bitcoins for them.

Avast and Malwarebytes recommend block and reporting.

[g-force]

Was wondering what what going on...for a few weeks whenever I log into NESA my processor goes into overdrive & core temp rockets - anti-virus has been alerting me on every page and occasionally get the message "page has had to be reloaded because of a problem". Consequently haven't been visiting or staying on too long till I'd got word of what was going on...

Gary

[g.ordon]

same, Norton keeps blocking it

[fishy]

Been going on for a few weeks now bloody pain in arse

[waco]

whats up

I use library computers and nesa runs slow sometimes in shields libraries , tough in sunderland nesa runs fairly normal if not a teeny bit faster than normal but never had a problem apart from that can some one explain please

[Muad_Dib]

Coinhive is a script that the owners have installed onto this forum, it uses YOUR computer resources to run meaningless computing equations for another site in exchange for online currency.

It's highly unethical practice and should really be illegal but is too new to be categorized just now.

I'd advise all members to avoid logging on whilst this concealed hijacking of your computer continues.

[g-force]

Disabling Javascript before logging on to the site has prevented this nasty little script hijacking my processor...still getting alerts from anti-virus though...right pain in the ass now to use this site, running very slow & problems loading pages, all probably down to this scam.

Gary

[cod father]

Its a nuisance.can the admin get things sorted

[waco]

Coinhive is a script that the owners have installed onto this forum, it uses YOUR computer resources to run meaningless computing equations for another site in exchange for online currency.

It's highly unethical practice and should really be illegal but is too new to be categorized just now.

I'd advise all members to avoid logging on whilst this concealed hijacking of your computer continues.

cheers as I use a library computer and prob have state of the art security as I not able to see lots of things lad put up on facebook and alike, so prob not bother me

[fishy]

dont think this has anything to do with elton

as the ads on this site are run by

Ad Management by RedTyger

Which elton will get his share of vistors etc to the site and ads ran

[barry123]

Took a while to load pages and to log on before , but now seems to be running faster-smoother .

[cod father]

Its still not right.needs sorting

[KeithB]

I haven't got a clue what's going on but the forum now gets blocked at my workplace.

[elton]

I've rolled back the files to 7th October, which I'm hoping will clear it for now. Thing is, this is very old software and I haven't looked at how it was hacked. If it happens again, I'm not sure what options I'll have.

Thanks to Keith for alerting me. Unfortunately, my work is such that I don't tend to any websites these days

[g-force]

Just logged in and it's still running...

Gary