possible scam/virus?

[telboy]

Hi guys, just thought i should let y'all know about this in case same happens to you! today i tried to log on here but was confronted with a page that said i couldnt log in unless i gave specific details, also had one of those security things where you have to copy out a specific list of numbers/letters? although i didn't fill in my details like a fool i clicked on it and had a pc crash, luckily it was at work so my pc is ok, but as you can imaging the IT bloke was a wee bit aggrovated...does this have anything to do with the site or am i correct in thinking its a scam? anyone else had this? Terry

[Arcada]

Hi guys, just thought i should let y'all know about this in case same happens to you! today i tried to log on here but was confronted with a page that said i couldnt log in unless i gave specific details, also had one of those security things where you have to copy out a specific list of numbers/letters? although i didn't fill in my details like a fool i clicked on it and had a pc crash, luckily it was at work so my pc is ok, but as you can imaging the IT bloke was a wee bit aggrovated...does this have anything to do with the site or am i correct in thinking its a scam? anyone else had this? Terry

Terry, do you mean this one?

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If so that is legitimate, and is part of the anti-spam measures we have in place. See this post for more info. Quite why your computer crashed at the same time is a mystery, perhaps just coincidence or bad timing

Basically, if you are seeing that screen then the CloudFlare network (which is a massive global network which many, many websites use) has detected previous malicious behaviour from the IP address you are using. This means either: -

1. A computer on your network (not necessarily yours - for example if you're at work, or an internet cafe) has displayed malicious behaviour recently. This could, as the message says, be an indicator that it is infected as part of a spamming botnet, or
   
   
2. The IP address you are using was recently used by a spammer. Some ISPs assign new IP addresses quite often, and you might be unlucky enough to have one that was recently owned by a spammer.

If you are presented by this screen then filling it in is the only way to gain access to the site, but you should not ignore what it says. If you always get it then that's a real indication that there's something wrong at your end.

[telboy]

yep thats the one, maybe someone else at work has been up to no good on the pc...thanks for the heads up...