mkawa wrote:@ripster (and anyone who decides to become part of his personal nunnery): if you make any attempt to test the robustness of your permaban, i will happily spend a saturday writing a ripster module that actively and silently keeps track of you and anyone who choses to help you and makes sure that they never ever have write access to the forum again.
... does that mean we'll never get ripster back?But they are all VIRGINS!@ripster (and anyone who decides to become part of his personal nunnery)
oooooo...I'm so scared!i will happily spend a saturday writing a ripster module that actively and silently keeps track of you and anyone who choses to help you and makes sure that they never ever have write access to the forum again.
Just as well, I was about to hire a lawyer to write that Cease and Desist dohicky. As they say at Reddit, IANAL (I am NOT a Lawyer).mkawa wrote:we will not be migrating your wikis to the new platform
There ya go again. Forest for the trees.TexasFlood wrote:Looks like he said "SIGNIFICANT McAfee and Intel resources will be brought to the table as well"ripster wrote:Do you have an idea what iMav means when he says, "The Full Resources of Intel/McAfee Will Be Brought Upon This"?
My guess was he meant security software, but that was just a guess.
Hahah, what LIBEL! I WILL hire a lawyer to go after you.Soarer wrote:Why not? He made them CC-SA or something.mkawa wrote:we will not be migrating your wikis to the new platform
More importantly, a lot of them had contributions by multiple people. Very few were 100% ripster.
Dooooood! This the kindler, gentler Webwit. Trust me on that.Killerbee wrote:Soo I also made the leap to here, I hope we can go back to GH, as Webwit might be around here to kick my ass
....somebody HELP THE FUCKING NOOBS! THAT'S WHAT THE RIPSTER WIKIS/GUIDES/MODS/REVIEWs/DUCKYJOKES are FOr!ripster wrote:url="/t/1255538/help-broken-my-qpad-mechanical-keyboard-after-spill#post_17215173"]Here's the link. GH is back up. THIS time I made a backup locally.
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?3124 ... ard-Switch
[H="3"]Optical and Hall Effect Switches[/H]
Finally there is the exotic. A Datahand uses magnets to hold the switch in open position. By opening it optoelectronically senses the movement and report the switch closed. Those Fraking Magnets - How DO they work!
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Hah, the watermark is a joke. The picture is from Webwit at Deskthority.net.
thegunner100 wrote:Haha, I remember seeing that in the guide and it gave me a good laugh. But ripster, where / if ever, will we find your guides?Spoiler:
Damn I'm right. My spies are GOOD!mkawa wrote:we will be assembling a new team to write an independent wiki based on all the resources available on the web and in the community. basically, we'd like to have a true collaborative wiki with independent unbiased information on input devices and on making stuff. the archives will be available as reference material, but will not be pasted directly onto the new platform.
Remember WIKI TEAM. It is...but will not be pasted directly onto the new platform
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!sth wrote:Honestly, why not just work on the DT wiki? It's already in place and has lots of stuff. Seems like a waste of time to start another when combining efforts would benefit the community as a whole.
Looks like he said "SIGNIFICANT McAfee and Intel resources will be brought to the table as well"ripster wrote:Do you have an idea what iMav means when he says, "The Full Resources of Intel/McAfee Will Be Brought Upon This"?
TexasFlood wrote:My initial reaction was that this is all being blown out of out of proportion. While I still feel that way, I would also agree that it's the safe thing to assume danger given a server having been compromised multiple times and either still compromised or left in a state that appears so. There was an indication that it was intentionally left this way. While this doesn't make logical sense to me, I also no longer see any apparentl redirects or obviously malicious active content.didja wrote:Do you have any proof people haven't? The server has been compromised multiple times and is still compromised. The only safe assumption is that it is and has been infecting visitors.silat wrote:Do you have any proof what so ever that anyone has been infected?
Even when the infected server web page was active, all I saw was the injected redirect from JS.Alescurf.C, no damage or permanent infection. But the potential is obviously there. Reportedly the attackers were able to get into geekhack and performer (either literally or equivalent) a "rm -fr" command. I don't know how that was accomplished but one has to respect that danger even if there is no proof (and I don't see any) that it can happen to a client simply hitting the server. Also at least one person reported in this thread seeing Downloader.Psyme. From what I saw at symantec, this is a version of an old (2004), low risk trojan. Apparently it exploits vulnerability in older versions of MS Internet Explorer to launch other Trojan programs on the infected machine. I don't run an older IE so probably wouldn't have been effected by this one. It's pretty scarey though as, for some running an old version of IE, it -potentially- can launch arbitrary code which could do basically anything. Of course if you're running an old version of IE, you're basically asking for trouble and almost certainly will get it, but still.
WhiteFireDragon wrote:url="/t/1247033/geek-hack/70#post_17625810"After seeing this thread just now, I did a full system scan and surely enough MSE found the two exploits. Cleaned it just now. What exactly does this exploit do to my computer?
joshd wrote: url="/t/1247033/geek-hack/70#post_17625983" Currently running Malware Bytes and found 1 problem... still scanning.
Do you think I should go over it with MSE as well?
Haven't you studied Quantum Physics. I am a Higgs Boson but CERN can't confirm 100%.Ripster you replied to my last post in this thread BEFORE I wrote it. Can I buy a ride in your time machine?
ripster wrote:There ya go again. Forest for the trees.TexasFlood wrote:Looks like he said "SIGNIFICANT McAfee and Intel resources will be brought to the table as well"ripster wrote:Do you have an idea what iMav means when he says, "The Full Resources of Intel/McAfee Will Be Brought Upon This"?
My guess was he meant security software, but that was just a guess.
Ripster you replied to my last post in this thread BEFORE I wrote it. Can I buy a ride in your time machine?TexasFlood wrote:Looks like he said "SIGNIFICANT McAfee and Intel resources will be brought to the table as well"ripster wrote:Do you have an idea what iMav means when he says, "The Full Resources of Intel/McAfee Will Be Brought Upon This"?
My guess was he meant security software, but that was just a guess.
Not sure what is worse, his groupie or him.thegunner100 wrote:mkawa wrote:@ripster (and anyone who decides to become part of his personal nunnery): if you make any attempt to test the robustness of your permaban, i will happily spend a saturday writing a ripster module that actively and silently keeps track of you and anyone who choses to help you and makes sure that they never ever have write access to the forum again.
I'm thinking...silat wrote:thegunner100 wrote:Not sure what is worse, his groupie or him.
Edit: QFT!silat wrote:
I do bow to your knowledge of keyboards.
Whether you believe anyone was infected or not... In the spirit of "trust but verify", certainly anyone running WIndows who is worried should scan and clean as needed. See this thread for advice on how to do so if you need it. And I mean not just when they suspect an incident but on a regular basis. The links posted above don't shed any light as they contain no details on what was found in the scans. Most likely 99% of folks running Windows will find issues when running a full system scan with MSE or Malware Bytes. The real question is what is the issue and how serious is it?ripster wrote:TexasFlood wrote:My initial reaction was that this is all being blown out of out of proportion. While I still feel that way, I would also agree that it's the safe thing to assume danger given a server having been compromised multiple times and either still compromised or left in a state that appears so. There was an indication that it was intentionally left this way. While this doesn't make logical sense to me, I also no longer see any apparentl redirects or obviously malicious active content.didja wrote:In reply to silat - Do you have any proof what so ever that anyone has been infected?
Do you have any proof people haven't? The server has been compromised multiple times and is still compromised. The only safe assumption is that it is and has been infecting visitors.
Even when the infected server web page was active, all I saw was the injected redirect from JS.Alescurf.C, no damage or permanent infection. But the potential is obviously there. Reportedly the attackers were able to get into geekhack and performer (either literally or equivalent) a "rm -fr" command. I don't know how that was accomplished but one has to respect that danger even if there is no proof (and I don't see any) that it can happen to a client simply hitting the server. Also at least one person reported in this thread seeing Downloader.Psyme. From what I saw at symantec, this is a version of an old (2004), low risk trojan. Apparently it exploits vulnerability in older versions of MS Internet Explorer to launch other Trojan programs on the infected machine. I don't run an older IE so probably wouldn't have been effected by this one. It's pretty scarey though as, for some running an old version of IE, it -potentially- can launch arbitrary code which could do basically anything. Of course if you're running an old version of IE, you're basically asking for trouble and almost certainly will get it, but still.
Sometimes the truth HURTS but if you keep ignoring the truth and permabanning the messenger how does THAT help?
http://www.overclock.net/t/1247033/geek ... t_17625810
WhiteFireDragon wrote:url="/t/1247033/geek-hack/70#post_17625810"After seeing this thread just now, I did a full system scan and surely enough MSE found the two exploits. Cleaned it just now. What exactly does this exploit do to my computer?joshd wrote: url="/t/1247033/geek-hack/70#post_17625983" Currently running Malware Bytes and found 1 problem... still scanning.
Do you think I should go over it with MSE as well?
Dang, now you got me into Breaking Bad and you switched avatars so my new Saul avatar is lonely,didja wrote:LMAO. I think I need to change my avatar. Imav was not who I had in mind when choosing it, I'm gearing up for Breaking Bad's season premier next month.TexasFlood wrote:Maybe didjaMav can fix it?
I'm thinking...ripster wrote:silat wrote:thegunner100 wrote:Not sure what is worse, his groupie or him.
Or Geekhack hacked? Better Call Saul!7bit wrote:The title of this thread should be changed to:
GeekHack still hacked?
RIPositoryripster wrote: Geekhack Archived Ripster Wiki, henceforth known as the LIBRARY OF RIPSTER.
Hmm.. need an acronymn for Library of Ripster.
GeekLOR.
LOR?
LIbRip?
RipOAlexandria?
Good one...The_Ed wrote:RIPositoryripster wrote: Geekhack Archived Ripster Wiki, henceforth known as the LIBRARY OF RIPSTER.
Hmm.. need an acronymn for Library of Ripster.
sth wrote:Honestly, why not just work on the DT wiki? It's already in place and has lots of stuff. Seems like a waste of time to start another when combining efforts would benefit the community as a whole.
