LHC!?! What happened!?
 

I went to look something up at the longhaircommunity.com, and apparently, it's been hacked! I got a page that said hacked by spy hack team! It says something in a different language too. I really hope it comes back soon, this is horrible!

OMG OMG OMG. I once landed on a hacked site and shortly after my hard drive died completely and I was told it was a virus (I was religiously keeping my antivirus up to date). So do a scan on your computer! It's probably fine but scan & make backups!

OK, I do NOT know that my hard drive killing virus came from the hacked web site. But I've always wondered.

OH CRAP! My virus thing expired! I'm updating now! Thanks Castella!


ETA: Okay, my anti-virus program is okay now.

Bummer I was just there the other day. I hope they come back up from this.

I tried to visit that site on my BRAND EW computer that I just got TODAY, so it'd better not have given us a virus!!

Just in case this hasn't been posted here, there is a backdoor to LHC :)
Here are ursula's instructions for getting there:
http://www.network54.com/Forum/22739...+in+Windows+XP
They seem to work only on windows XP, and the whole hacking thing seems to only affect the homepage. HTH!

I have a link straight to the forums and it's not working so maybe the whole site has been affected. I use a Mac so I can't go through the back door. I'll just have to wait.

Nothing seems to work. Oh well.

Thank you so much!

It didn't work for me. :( Thanks anyway. Hopefully the site will be working soon.

I don't think it did. I tried to got there on a direct link a few days ago, and my computer is fine.

Nope it didn't get everything just the homepage. Some of us are back and posting. ;)

^^ how'd you get back onto the forums? i have it bookmarked but i can't access it.

I used the backdoor instructions that are linked a few posts up from here and it worked for me....;)

Just FYI, I was preparing to do those "back-door" instructions last night and at the last moment decided to ask my husband if it was safe. He's a network security guru for the gov't. He said even if I could get to the site, if it had been hacked, there was a great possibility that your computer's securty could be breached, even with virus protection. Sooooo, as tempting as it is to go in "the back way" it may not be smart. :cry:

Hmm...I'm going to run a scan to be sure. Thanks for the heads up! :)

ITA not worth it til it is up and running.

Is this what I am supposed to be editing? and should it r/o
 

like this?.............




# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host


127.0.0.1 localhost

204.157.9.96 forums.longhaircommunity.com

I know why it's not working for some people.
 

I know why it's not working for some people.

It's because they need to go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc in their computer and not the 'other' HOSTS files.

This is very important.

It's NOT in the C:\I386.

does anyone know when it might be back up?