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The National USGenWeb Project site and all sites hosted on
theusgenweb.org
domain, as well as a few other Project sites have been hit again by a
hacker that has included some malware code at the end of the majority of the
pages on each site. We are working with the hosting service right now to
get the sites cleaned and the code removed. Please ask ALL Project
Coordinators that have their sites hosted on
theusgenweb.org or anyone that
specifically gets notices that they're sites are infected to not connect by
ftp to the sites until at least the 16th as we work to try to ensure that we
have the sites cleaned once again.
For folks that have only visited the USGenWeb National site or any of the
other affected sites using their browser, the risk is very minor that your
computer has been infected. If you've connected by ftp and downloaded files
from any of the infected sites, I'd suggest running a full virus scan on
your computer and I'd also recommend running at least a couple of spyware
scans to add an additional level of confidence that your system is clean.
All sites that are hosted on
theusgenweb.org server will have the passwords
changed before you can log in again. I'll be starting on this immediately
so that the downtime will be minimized as much as possible.
If anyone has any specific questions or problems, please let me know.
Sherri Bradley
National Coordinator
USGenWeb Project
Information about the USGenWeb Project at
http://usgenweb.org
Advisory Board Agenda
http://usgenweb.org/agenda2.php
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Chahta Ohoyo Holahta,
Honorary