MyFilestore.com redirect..

[DougGuy]

Each time I log on to CB from a different computer or browser, this site takes over and wants me to either update Flash or install some "update" that is available, they are no doubt a malware site but how can we get them from taking over search results for castboolits forum? If I close the window or open another tab and search again for castboolits forum, it goes right to the forum.

This is what greets me when I search for castboolits forum:

http://myfilestore.com/download.php?id=2b5c7c20

[DanishM1Garand]

If I go to google to find something out and the results are Castbootlits it redirects me to my file store. If I type it in directly in the address bar I come here. I've had no other issues with other websites. If it is a virus it is in the board not my computer.

[ShooterAZ]

Yep. it's some sort of a bug. Don't update flash from the re-direct, or any other links! Many have been bringing up this concern, and admin says they have run diagnostics with no problems found.

[w5pv]

When I get that message I turn my computer off and restart it,some times I have to do it a couple of times to get the malware to go away.

[DougGuy]

Well, it's not really malware UNLESS you install their a-hem "update." I can usually close the google search window and re open it, and then it will go to the forum and not the MyFilestore site. I don't think it anything wrong with the forum, how they pirate a search and redirect it to their page is beyond me.

[kayala]

The good idea would be to not download/install any software from any forum, forums don't need any special software.

[T Herder]

If you're running an Apple device you can go to this website and follow the directions. http://www.wikihow.com/Block-a-Website-in-Safari
Enter 127.0.0.1 myfilestore.com when appropriate, then follow the remaining directions to save your editing. For Windows users Google how to edit your Hosts file. All the obnoxious websites get added this way, keeps them from loading and redirecting. Hope this helps
Best regards,
T Herder

[tomme boy]

I finally had it come up for me. Just like was said. If you do a google search it happens all the time now.

[RogerDat]

Yep I think it is something that was imbedded in the post. Like some members used myfilestore.com to store pictures for display in a post, then the company went belly up and the malware people jumped on the name when it expired. Now pages with myfilestore.com picture embed links are triggering the malware/update page.

External content from another server and web site. No real trick if you own that web site now to set up web server so that all requests for any picture return a re-direct to bounce you off the forum, to the current myfilestore site. Try Google cached copy (small down triangle next to the title/link) the Google stored copy of the page doesn't do it.

Windows host file is located C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts with no file extension. You can edit with notepad BUT in later version of Windows you will have to open notepad with a right click, select run as administrator. Then from in notepad do the file->open and navigate to the hosts file. Can't save to that file if not doing the edits as administrator. Even if your user is an admin it doesn't matter, you still have to do the run as administrator on the latest versions of Windows. Hosts file trumps everything as far as where things are on the internet, if that file was easy to edit people could drive all your traffic through their server. Collect every place you go if nothing else, maybe steal banking or amazon passwords in a worse case.

[white eagle]

here is what the search on google states
Search Results

apparently not letting me post the results but it say the site has been hacked [smilie=1:













This site may be hacked. (https://support.google.com/websearch?p=ws_hacked&hl=en)
Cast Boolits. A place for the discussion of our favorite pb projectiles. Boolits= as God laid it into the soil,,grand old Galena, The Silver Stream graciously hand

[bstone5]

I get the re-direct every time I go to the site on my I-Pad, not good.

[BlackIce05]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one, I haven't had it on the laptop, but get it frequently on my phone, thought I had some malware or something on my phone. Even started putting anti malware apps on it.

[David2011]

When I get that message I turn my computer off and restart it,some times I have to do it a couple of times to get the malware to go away.

If that's the case it isn't gone.


The good idea would be to not download/install any software from any forum, forums don't need any special software.

Exactly! I'm An I.T. guy for a large company and tell my users that all the time. Whether printer drivers, Adobe or anything else, never search for updates or accept them from any source but the actual publisher.

[dragon813gt]

A search for "vbulletin Myfilestore redirect" will yield many results. It's a known issue w/ the forum software. If the site administrator has gone through the process to secure the site and it's still happening I would be contacting vBulletin.

[white eagle]

I guess I just stop coming here

[white eagle]

This redirect is getting annoying !!!!!!!!!

[therealhitman]

This redirect is getting annoying !!!!!!!!!

I knew you couldn't stay away!

[runfiverun]

it's from fileshare or filestore whatever you call it.
their site was picked up after they let the domain name drop.

[kayala]

Mozilla Firefox allows you to keep your bookmarks "in the cloud". Bookmark once and use it from any computer. Full disclosure: I don't use this feature neither do I use google search (I use DDG instead).

[pka45]

Glad I'm not the only one to get this strange redirect. Hasn't stopped me though!

[tomme boy]

Only time I got it was doing a google search

[RayinNH]

Google, the George Soros of the computer world.

[Gunload Master]

Can you guys test this out and let me know if its still happening?

[ShooterAZ]

I just tested it, and am not getting the redirect at this time. The times I would get it would be when doing a google search on a specific thing such as "seasoning a bullet mold". When I clicked a Cast Boolits link in the query results the redirect would pop up. I am currently seeing a "this site may be hacked" warning however in at least one of the Cast Boolits queries through google.

[tomme boy]

Working fine for me.

[swheeler]

Works fine for me too.

[white eagle]

still happens to me every time on the first strike on a google search
for cast boolits redirect to my filestore says this site has been hacked
hope it gets resolved rather annoying

[Gunload Master]

Can you guys clear your cache on your browser and try again. Especially you white eagle. See if that helps.

[T Herder]

I ran a test this morning. I've modified my Hosts file to block myfilestore. I completely cleared all caches and references to the offending website. I've had the forum bookmarked forever. With everything cleared and going to googling Castboolits, google shows the resulting web addresses. Clicking the forum address brings up an empty tab displaying "Can't connect to myfilestore, the server can't be found." Hitting the back button and returning to google displays the original search results. Clicking on the Forum link again takes me directly to the Castboolits forum. This is all using an Apple Mac. Using Terminal on the Mac to clear all caches and references clears everything. If time allows I'll go to the wife's PC and check results. Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Butch

[Gunload Master]

I disabled a plugin. Can you guys test it all again..

[dragon813gt]

No redirect through a google search w/ Safari on an iPhone. This was for both the main site and a search result that lead to a particular thread.

[T Herder]

Ran all tests on my Mac and iPad, hasn't reoccured. If it shows up again I'll post the results.
Best regards,
Butch

[DougGuy]

I disabled a plugin. Can you guys test it all again..

It disabled showing new posts under the user's name in upper right corner of window. Now it only shows post count and last login time.

[Gunload Master]

It disabled showing new posts under the user's name in upper right corner of window. Now it only shows post count and last login time.

Thats the feature i disabled to see if thats the culprit.. sounds like it is.

[DougGuy]

I hope that feature can be implemented again, that was a most valuable tool, it was my default login page and also what I clicked on to refresh new posts. Without that a LOT of new posts will go unnoticed unless and until one browses each child forum.

I just did a google search for "castboolits" from a freshly installed linux machine that had never been to the site, and the search worked normally, clicking the links went directly to the parts of the site they were linked to. No redirect, no mention of MyFilestore or anything else out of the ordinary.

This screenshot is the result of the google search for "castboolits":

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[Butler Ford]

I hope that feature can be implemented again, that was a most valuable tool, it was my default login page and also what I clicked on to refresh new posts. Without that a LOT of new posts will go unnoticed unless and until one browses each child forum.
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Agreed, however on the header at the top of the page, if you click on ""Quick Links" the dropdown has a "New Posts" tab. While not as good as the regular New Posts, it does work.

BF

[DougGuy]

Agreed, however on the header at the top of the page, if you click on ""Quick Links" the dropdown has a "New Posts" tab. While not as good as the regular New Posts, it does work.

BF

Right. And just about as easy to use too.

Maybe No.1 can move that New Posts tab from the drop down menu under Quick Links to the bar beside it and replace the Today button with New Posts, since there is also Today's Posts in the same drop down menu under Quick Links.

[Catshooter]

When I get an email from the site telling me I have a private message, and then click on the link provided, that's when I get the redirect. Happened yesterday and today.


Cat

[T Herder]

The redirect is still there. Last night I played around on the iPad doing searches and a Castboolits link came up. Clicked on the link and it redirected to myfilestore. So it's still prevalent. It has not come up on the Mac, but I still have it blocked in my Hosts file.
Best regards,
Butch

[No_1]

We are still working it.

[Gunload Master]

Updated a bunch for more stuff. Can you guys let me know if this is still happening?

[frankenfab]

I just tried a couple google search results, and did not get the redirect

[DerekP Houston]

I'll keep an eye out, but I haven't seen any of the reported issues. I do run a "pi hole" on my home network though to kill ad's so it might be blocked already.

[DougGuy]

Updated a bunch for more stuff. Can you guys let me know if this is still happening?

I think ya wh00ped it! TYVM for your time and efforts on this issue AND the site in general!

[white eagle]

Had the redirect this morning when I tried to get here

[NyFirefighter357]

I was able to produce it yesterday, unable to reproduce today. Great Job!

[white eagle]

Fixed it
Thank You

[Catshooter]

Thank you for letting us know.


Cat

[KenT7021]

Gone for the last two days.

[g17]

I just entered the url in firefox as not allowed so if I click on a google search, it blocks that site. I click on
it again and it brings me here

[KenT7021]

It's back today!

[white eagle]

yep I have it as well :x

[bkbville]

yes - still here

[Gunload Master]

Woohoo! Freakadlsfjalksjflkaf Working on it :)

[jrayborn]

I get it when I have an email from the site with a link to a thread I have set to give me posting notices. Almost every time I click the link I get the redirect. Close the tab and hit the link again and it takes me to the right spot.

[Gunload Master]

I may have found the culprit. Let me know if anyone is still having this issue..

[DanishM1Garand]

Seems to be fixed.

Knock on wood.

[jrayborn]

It was ok for a day or two but its back now...

[imashooter2]

My company's IT group flags this site for a key logger when I try to mark all forums read. It just started happening a few days ago.

[KenT7021]

Still happening to me.It happens once a day and then is gone until the next day.

[OptimusPanda]

It seems to mostly happen to me when I search google directly and the link should take me to a post here.

[jrayborn]

Still happening to me.It happens once a day and then is gone until the next day.

Same here. Was gone for a couple days though...

[ShooterAZ]

The re-direct is still occurring as of today. The problem has NOT been solved unfortunately.

[Catshooter]

The only time I'm getting it now is when I get an email notification of a PM, then click on the link in the email. Goes straight to redirect. Second time I click on the link I come straight to where I should.


Cat

[Gunload Master]

I can get it fixed, then it comes back. I have to find the root cause.. Still working on it! Sorry for the delay!

[Texas by God]

Thanks for working on it.

[ShooterAZ]

Gunload Master,

Apparently it's happening on a bunch of other vbulletin forums. Here is a link for other forums trying to get rid of this malware. This is a VERY bad bug should anyone click into the MyFilestore links. Please disregard is you have already seen this!

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=323931

[Catshooter]

Don't worry Gunloads Master, we know you're trying. This computer stuff ain't all that easy. We appreciate your efforts.


Cat

[NavyVet1959]

The other day, I had this happen via clicking on the link from the Castboolits email that I get when a reply occurs to a thread I'm subscribed to. That's the first time I had that happen. It's apparently using a cookie so that it will not cause it to happen every time you click on a Google link that goes to this site.

[Gunload Master]

Its a very complex bug. We will squash it though!

[Gunload Master]

Let me know if it's still happening.

[OptimusPanda]

I just tried the way I used to have it happen (searching directly from google, click on a search result to a thread here). Three separate searches, three separate threads, all properly ended up here.

[Gunload Master]

I think we got her....

[Catshooter]

I would get it every time I got an email telling me I had a PM here. If I clicked on the link to go to it, bang.

Today I did that and came straight here.

You're the man. Thanks. It couldn't have been easy.


Cat

[imashooter2]

My company's software no longer reports the key logger either. Thanks Gunload master!

[jrayborn]

Yes! Well done!

[NavyVet1959]

So, what was the solution?