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Aw that really sucks. I'm sorry.
I would definitely change your password just to be safe and make it something complicated that a computer couldn't easily figure out. I would also run a virus scan just in case. Do you know specifically what got hacked? Was it just the mlptp or was it your whole computer?
I'm sorry to hear that, Skygleamshine! Since no ads or third party content has any accessibility to the Trading Post, I think it's most likely the virus came from another site. Our software is completely up to date and our security is very tight.
The MLPTP has not been hacked. We would have alerted everyone immediately had that been the case. To everyone, please do not post such things unless verified by an administrator, as they tend to send people into a panic for no reason.
@Skygleamshine, I would suggest changing all of your important passwords and running your computer's updated antivirus software, as well as a program such as MalwareBytes. It's free and it does a very thorough job.
The website may not have been hacked but her personal account could have been without your software people realizing it. Therefore I am not making a false assumption.
I was only minding my own business here on the TP but I got an alert; I got hacked.
I dont know what to do, any tips to battle Trojans, Hackers and a **** dealer?
The message was of my AntiVirus and keeps blocking/crashing my internet pages randomly. I was on the Show And Tell forum when it happened. The message said "Virus alert! Here is a list of hackers;" Which seemed very strange to me. Maybe it was a trick to make me pa and continue bugging me and my little sick computer.Ok, you need to be a little more specific. What message did you get? Where did you get it? What were you doing when you got the message?
The TP is NOT ad-supported, so you didn't get the virus from the TP, nor was the TP hacked. Your account might have been compromised, which is very different from the entire TP being compromised. If that had happened, we probably wouldn't be on here, posting.
You have to "pay" to destroy the hackers? I'm not sure if you're saying that they have taken over your entire computer, locked you out, and demanded a ransom. Yes, it has happened, but they generally tend to go after corporations for ransoms, not average people, and you wouldn't be on here posting.
More than likely, you have a virus, and probably a pretty severely, deeply rooted one. I suggest getting what MustBeJewel said to get. I also like Avira Antivirus and SpyBot Search & Destroy. Both of those are free to download. (I trust Cnet.com to download that sort of thing).
I also suggest changing your password, something that contains numbers and special characters. DO NOT use the same password across the internet, especially on places like Paypal and banking logins. I learned my lesson the hard way many years ago when my website was hacked and I lost *everything*. I thought no one would go after a little site like mine, but nope, they did, just to show me they could. I was foolish to think a five letter password would protect me. Nope. These guys are good, and getting better every day. No one is safe on the internet anymore.