*blinks*

[branchandroot]

So... has anyone else noticed that gwaddiction.com has been invaded by malware? You can't even get to the site itself; the script is a random redirect.

Oy, Tyr, get on the ball, here. That archive is the only place a lot of those fics are available.

Comments

[drich]

I got on, no problem. Temporary kerflooey?

[branchandroot]

Not temporary; I've tried it several times today. At the gwaddiction.com address I get an "insurance" phony blog page and, if I attempt any action, from reloading to backing up to closing the tab, I get taken to what is clearly also a phony virus scan site geared toward Windows, which "performs a virus check" and then offers to "fix" the viruses found with a mock-Windows dialogue box linked to something which I am certainly not stupid enough to click on and check. Wherefore Google is listing the site as an attack-site.

[branchandroot]

Are you looking at the old geocities copy? That's still clean.

[drich]

Nope, http://www.gwaddiction.com/

Just hit it again, went to the archive clicked into a couple random authors & stories.

Using IE8, if that might make a difference. The forums have been down since July.

Are you using a Favorites quick-link or a bookmark, or are you typing the url straight?

[branchandroot]

Could be targeted on Firefox, then, or possibly something more arcane. I tried it both by bookmark and by url, same result both times.

[kaigou]

I get through fine on Firefox2, and noscript doesn't throw any fits, either. BUT -- strangely, if I open it in Safari, I get malware warning! Oi, vey, wasn't there someone replying farther down who had no problem with Safari but did have a problem with Ffx?

Makes absolutely no sense to me, a-tall.

[branchandroot]

Me either! I mean, if it's targeted by user agent, it should be consistent. Totally weird.

[branchandroot]

And the weirdest part is, the geocities site /draws/ from gwaddiction.com. So it appears to be the frame alone that's affected, not any of the content.