4Chan was hacked - you might be infected!

TJ Belfiore · 05-21-2009, 12:59 AM

Hi -

" IMPORTANT: The DDoS attack was caused by a trojan some 4chan users downloaded. If you've downloaded ANY FILES linked on 4chan, you may have been infected with a virus. Immediately download this tool to remove the trojan [Note: Some virus scanners might detect it as a false positive]: Otherwise, all users are encouraged to run a full system scan to ensure their system is clean. "

I'm a major 4chan fan so I'm used to go there everyday and checking out /b/. I just wanted to warn everyone that they could infected since you might have even gone there by accident by a simple Google search or an image redirect.

Apparently this virus took down /b/ and /r9k/.

PS.
Do NOT view any of the boards as there's explicit material that's not suitable for minors and sometimes even adults for that matter! - I'm not advertising nor encouraging the acts the occur/occurred on 4chan, I'm just simply warning the fellow Anon out there.

Thanks.

TJ Belfiore · 05-21-2009, 01:01 AM

I just ran the test - It appeared to run fine and not install anything - also you don't need to install it. I scanned with NOD32, no viruses.

I tested negative for the virus!

05-21-2009, 12:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
TJ Belfiore I said no but I wanted it Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Paradise, California Posts: 3,440 OS: 7 x64, XP x86	4Chan was hacked - you might be infected! Hi - " IMPORTANT: The DDoS attack was caused by a trojan some 4chan users downloaded. If you've downloaded ANY FILES linked on 4chan, you may have been infected with a virus. Immediately download this tool to remove the trojan [Note: Some virus scanners might detect it as a false positive]: Otherwise, all users are encouraged to run a full system scan to ensure their system is clean. " I'm a major 4chan fan so I'm used to go there everyday and checking out /b/. I just wanted to warn everyone that they could infected since you might have even gone there by accident by a simple Google search or an image redirect. Apparently this virus took down /b/ and /r9k/. PS. Do NOT view any of the boards as there's explicit material that's not suitable for minors and sometimes even adults for that matter! - I'm not advertising nor encouraging the acts the occur/occurred on 4chan, I'm just simply warning the fellow Anon out there. Thanks. __________________ Regards, TJ Belfiore Last edited by Glaswegian; 05-21-2009 at 01:40 PM. Reason: Not authorised to provide specific malware removal advice

05-21-2009, 01:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
TJ Belfiore I said no but I wanted it Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Paradise, California Posts: 3,440 OS: 7 x64, XP x86	Re: 4Chan was hacked - you might be infected! I just ran the test - It appeared to run fine and not install anything - also you don't need to install it. I scanned with NOD32, no viruses. I tested negative for the virus! __________________ Regards, TJ Belfiore