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**CavySpirit** · #1 06-24-09, 03:19 pm

My server was hacked a couple of weeks ago by a clever and pain in the butt virus that used my server to send out spam.

It happened from a PDF download. So people beware. Make sure that if you use Adobe Acrobat reader (like almost everyone)--that you are current (version 9.1 I believe)--because version 8.1.2 is vulnerable to this virus.

I THOUGHT I got everything when it happened, but there was one site that wasn't in production that I missed.

Sooooo, a lot of spam came out of my server, unbeknownst to me. Now, I'm dealing with my server being blacklisted for emails. It's going to take a few days or more for my email problems to sort themselves out.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

**wigglesgiggles1** · #2 06-24-09, 05:17 pm

Oh that is why I couldn't go on earlier.

**Amsley246** · #3 06-25-09, 03:39 am

Oh my! I hate when people have nothing better to do then to make other people miserable on the internet. Haha, I started panicking a bit yestarday when I tried to come on and it said account unavailable or suspended. I was like I haven't been on in a few days why did I get suspended

! Hopefully you get everything fixed up and it doesn't happen again!

**guineapigluver1** · #4 06-25-09, 12:07 pm

I hate it when people hack sites and accounts!
I started worrying, thinking the same as you Amsley246, when I couldn't get on.

**LauraBean** · #5 06-25-09, 12:10 pm

I also thought that I was banned.... I thought, "What did I do?!"

I was having cavycages.com withdrawels!
Good luck with getting it all fixed!

**Africa** · #6 06-25-09, 12:24 pm

Me too, was confused when that happened! ha ha, Im addicted to this site now

**wheekers01** · #7 06-25-09, 01:57 pm

I know! I got up in the morning to check it and it was like "Account Suspended." I was like "I'm banned??? What did I do? Wouldn't I get like a message saying what I did??" I am addicted to this site! Although that probably isn't bad because now I know how to take great care of my pig!!! Good Luck! Hope it all gets fixed!

**Wheek Weak** · #8 06-26-09, 08:57 am

Thanks for the heads-up on Adobe Acrobat reader. Luckily, I had just upgraded recently.

Good luck...I hope everything is working out.

**CavyMama** · #9 06-26-09, 11:47 am

Whew! I was worried when I tried to sign on only to see "This account has been suspended". I had registered only 2 days or so before and had posted maybe 3 times. I'm glad you were able to resolve the issue and get things back up and running!

**wonderwhiskers** · #10 06-26-09, 01:48 pm

Not long ago it said ''site suspended'' or something?
I couldn't get on for about an hour, is that the same thing?
(I'm sooo glad the site is working now!)

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