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Title: ActiveX installation - DO NOT INSTALL!!!
Post by: Creech on January 04, 2010, 06:40:28 PM
Hi folks,

It seems that on every AP page you visit, it's asking you if you want to install an ActiveX control. Please do not install it. I have no idea where it came from or what it is. I am following up with our hosting service as we speak.

So if you see this on your browser info bar:

This website wants to install the following add-on: 'InstallerC6 from 'Telecom Italia Media S.p.A.'. If you trust the website and the add-on and want to install it, click here...

DO NOT INSTALL IT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!!!

PS. If anyone knows what it's all about please PM me.
Title: Re: ActiveX installation - DO NOT INSTALL!!!
Post by: MartyJ on January 04, 2010, 06:41:01 PM
PM sent.

Title: Re: ActiveX installation - DO NOT INSTALL!!!
Post by: Creech on January 04, 2010, 07:41:11 PM
Problem rectified for now. We are still investigating how the code was installed onto our website. Some small minded f*ckwit hacked our code and if I get to the bottom of it they are going to get ripped a new one.

Thanks to Marty for your assistance.
Title: Re: ActiveX installation - DO NOT INSTALL!!!
Post by: shansta on January 04, 2010, 08:51:04 PM
Nasty nasty, only noticed coz I used IE on the wifes laptop... AVG got it no worries...

Ar**hole.
Title: Re: ActiveX installation - DO NOT INSTALL!!!
Post by: pinnies4me on January 06, 2010, 11:02:15 PM
For us Firefox users - were we at more risk or less? Eg, didd IE ask but Firefox just allowed sort of thing?
Title: Re: ActiveX installation - DO NOT INSTALL!!!
Post by: Extra Ball on January 06, 2010, 11:04:46 PM
I have had this active X on AP before (last year). Pretty crap act really.
Title: Re: ActiveX installation - DO NOT INSTALL!!!
Post by: shansta on January 06, 2010, 11:14:27 PM
For us Firefox users - were we at more risk or less? Eg, didd IE ask but Firefox just allowed sort of thing?

Dunno about you - but FF on my other laptop (this one) didn't even blink? No problem at all...

The one thing that annoys me is FF won't log in to the homepage automatically, if I pull unread threads from the history - it logs me in. If I go to ap.com - I appear as a guest...  !@#
Title: Re: ActiveX installation - DO NOT INSTALL!!!
Post by: pinnies4me on January 06, 2010, 11:30:10 PM
For us Firefox users - were we at more risk or less? Eg, didd IE ask but Firefox just allowed sort of thing?

Dunno about you - but FF on my other laptop (this one) didn't even blink? No problem at all...

The one thing that annoys me is FF won't log in to the homepage automatically, if I pull unread threads from the history - it logs me in. If I go to ap.com - I appear as a guest...  !@#

Hmm -  !@# is right, not sure what's happening there.
Title: Re: ActiveX installation - DO NOT INSTALL!!!
Post by: shansta on January 06, 2010, 11:47:02 PM

Hmm -  !@# is right, not sure what's happening there.


Yeah ditto - I had the same thing when I used Chrome a while back too, all three browsers work fine on AA - this forum software seems happy with IE, but not fox or chrome?

My user/pass is filled in on the BOTTOM login window (never the top one) - I have to press the login button every time. Checking the tick box to keep me logged in makes no difference.

Title: Re: ActiveX installation - DO NOT INSTALL!!!
Post by: ajlaird on January 06, 2010, 11:51:50 PM
Never had a problem with either Firefox or Chrome.