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Hello, Over the past couple of days, a number of users have been receiving malware warnings for visiting Egg Cave. On Monday, March 7, our data center's web-based support center was compromised. Our data center's support center contained a number of unencrypted root passwords to servers that they manage. Egg Cave was one of them. The hacker proceeded to log in to Egg Cave's server and modify some system files that dynamically injected malicious javascript tags into some of our pages. This code, at random times (not to be too suspicious), initiated malware downloads on users' computers. Since this discovery, our data center has erased their entire support center's database (including the root passwords to servers) and released patches to all of their servers, fixing the affected system files. Egg Cave has been cleared of all "malware blacklists" at Google, Firefox, Opera, and many others. Egg Cave is malware free. If you have visited Egg Cave between March 7 through March 10, it is strongly recommended that you change your Egg Cave password immediately. If you visited Egg Cave between March 7 through March 10, do not assume that your computer has been infected with malware. You know that your computer has been infected if you physically saw a download window pop up on your computer and you couldn't stop it. If you received browser warnings or antivirus warnings from visiting TDN, there is a high chance that these programs caught the malware before it was ever able to download or install. In general, you can't get malware from simply loading a page; the program has to download and execute, which you would be able to see. Lastly: based on the evidence we have, the hacker was not an Egg Cave player or interested in Egg Cave accounts. Multiple servers in our data center were affected by this; each server hosted diverse types of web sites. A NOTE TO CASH SHOP PARK SUPPORTERS: If you have made any purchase from the Cash Shop Park, your financial information is safe because we do not store it (nor will we ever). Only Paypal does. A NOTE ABOUT UNHAPPY EGGS: All creatures on Egg Cave are now 100% happy. We realize some users have not been able to access Egg Cave to feed their eggs because of the security issues. A NOTE ABOUT DEAD EGGS: If any of your creatures have died because of these issues, please submit in a ticket and we will restore your creature.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused. Our server is now stable and we have taken extra steps to apply even stricter security settings to our server and to Egg Cave. We are happy to answer any questions you might have; please Contact Us if you'd like.
gagamonster15 • 11 Mar 2011, 5:33 PM
I think it's better to let an egg die that keep it alive (When its dying) Don't make it Re-suffer when people forget about feeding it again.
gagamonster15 • 11 Mar 2011, 5:40 PM
(That wasn't directed to Ian!) I'm just saying when people do around advertising for dying coves.
ninja • 11 Mar 2011, 5:44 PM
@gagamonster15 They can't suffer. They're only pixels :/ People get extra EC by feeding them, so why not let them live?
pipkitten • 11 Mar 2011, 5:50 PM
Yay! Cheers to Ian!! 😃 Glad Eggcave's back to normal (minus the slowness).
tyttanya • 11 Mar 2011, 5:50 PM
I appreciate the fact that the site of Eggcave sent me an e-mail to advertise that the situation is now retablished. It was scary.
blaze4ever12 • 11 Mar 2011, 5:53 PM
*flails* Cheers, Ian! 8D;;
miomar • 11 Mar 2011, 5:53 PM
Eggcave is getting boring... *goes to "your profile" page* the last post was from 4 days ago O_o...
smilies • 11 Mar 2011, 5:54 PM
Lol Ian "in other words: THIS WASN'T OUR FAULT! 😋" That's what I needed xD
smilies • 11 Mar 2011, 5:56 PM
I couldn't log on at all! It was horrible ☹️ My poor eggs had to go DAYS without seeing me xD LOL xD xD xD xD xD
turkishdelight • 11 Mar 2011, 6:00 PM
I have been able to feed my eggs three times today, I think something might be wrong...
smilies • 11 Mar 2011, 6:02 PM
@turk lol I wouldn't complain 😃 xD
Orderedchaos • 11 Mar 2011, 6:20 PM
@turkish Are you on different computers throughout the day? Any time you IP address changes you can re-feed your creatures.
neo428984 • 11 Mar 2011, 6:39 PM
I'm really glad this got worked out finally and for good 😊
yummy-wolf • 11 Mar 2011, 7:11 PM
HALELUGA!
thepells4 • 11 Mar 2011, 7:13 PM
I'm bored. :/
cricketory • 11 Mar 2011, 7:14 PM
Yay! I got my eggies back!
vampire666 • 11 Mar 2011, 7:29 PM
Well, that's unnerving. Just changed my password. 😊
space • 11 Mar 2011, 7:31 PM
Thank you for the update Ian! *gets relieved* I just changed my password 😸
thepells4 • 11 Mar 2011, 7:36 PM
Wait, do we HAVE to change your password? Cuz ive been using my current one since i ever thought of the un "thepells4" xD
redfire77 • 11 Mar 2011, 7:52 PM
you dont have to, but the malware might have recorded ur key strokes or hacked it or something. just change it to be safe 😸 i did
thepells4 • 11 Mar 2011, 7:54 PM
@Redfire77 Ok, it $hould only take a minute of giving my$elf con$tant headde$k$ to think up a new pa$$word. xD
lexine • 11 Mar 2011, 7:55 PM
Hum... I haven't seen any download window but my winamp suddenly opened once on egg cave window.
redfire77 • 11 Mar 2011, 7:57 PM
@thepells4 use tdn's password generator then write it down. 😋 thats what i do
gagamonster15 • 11 Mar 2011, 7:59 PM
A download thing showed up on my dinosaur PC, only because it has no Anti-Virus software what so ever. 😱
gagamonster15 • 11 Mar 2011, 8:00 PM
But, I have 3 PC's in my house, and a laptop, so, eh. I use my newer one. 😊
blaze4ever12 • 11 Mar 2011, 8:01 PM
...Password change? o-o;; *sweatdrop* I can't.... ;;>> *reluctantly changes for now*
candy_girl_1298 • 11 Mar 2011, 8:03 PM
i have changed it but im gonna change it back after a while😊 also gagmonster u should get rid of it, get some help. or else ur whole intern
candy_girl_1298 • 11 Mar 2011, 8:12 PM
et goes down!!! mine did, but luckily my dad is a computer expert😊
redfire77 • 11 Mar 2011, 8:17 PM
well, it didnt download on mine, and my norton ran out a couple of months ago....😸 lucky me
taffy789 • 11 Mar 2011, 8:38 PM
Finally!! I'm back on!! 😃 Eggcave was running slow for me and my comupter has anti-virse software, so i think i'm safe! 😸
eggtrainer • 11 Mar 2011, 8:48 PM
Oh my gosh, I'm so glad that Egg Cave is back again! I was so scared it would be deleted or something D:
icymuffin • 11 Mar 2011, 8:49 PM
Explains all that laaaaagggg on Egg Cave. It's all better now :]
thepells4 • 11 Mar 2011, 8:49 PM
@Redfire77 same here. xD So like 5 times a day a popup comes on my laptop telling me to renew my norton protection. 0_0
redfire77 • 11 Mar 2011, 8:54 PM
@thepells4 it gets REALLY ANNOYING! & sometimes it comes up & im in the middle of a game & blocks my screen! i hate it soooo much.....😈
stellalunagirl • 11 Mar 2011, 8:54 PM
YAY! its fixed! 😃
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sammynina19347 • 11 Mar 2011, 8:59 PM
I got the virus 2 days ago! It was the System Tool 2011 virus, and it scared me! -__- Thank goodness eggcave is normal now.
plookle • 11 Mar 2011, 9:00 PM
Phew, glad all the madness is over. *huggles egg cave*
redfire77 • 11 Mar 2011, 9:02 PM
@stella well, in the first paragraph u spelled control wrong 😸 u also spelled boredom wrong and on the bottom you spelling coming wrong 😋
mlpnko159 • 11 Mar 2011, 9:28 PM
3.14159265358979323846264338379502884197169399751058 😊thats all i remember of pi. PIE DAY IS ON THE 14TH. get it. 3.14...3/14. well i get.
thepells4 • 11 Mar 2011, 9:35 PM
@Chloekins Good cuz i don't. xD
cubexline • 11 Mar 2011, 9:56 PM
@mlpko159: and also my bday lmao
rayray • 11 Mar 2011, 10:00 PM
Came back to EggCave on a loooong hiatus and saw that warning that came up. Immediately read it and ran away (closed it)lol. Glad its fixed.
mlpnko159 • 11 Mar 2011, 10:09 PM
IM BACK FROM DINNER!!! wat i miss???
mlpnko159 • 11 Mar 2011, 10:11 PM
@cube - HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY!!!
cubexline • 11 Mar 2011, 10:16 PM
@mlpnko159: thanks :]
dragonkeeper • 11 Mar 2011, 10:26 PM
Good Night egg cave 😸
trish • 11 Mar 2011, 10:28 PM
OMG!!! There's gonna be a tsunami that's gonna hit around my district. I live 3 BLOCKS from the ocean!!!!!! It is reported it'll hit SOON.
redfire77 • 11 Mar 2011, 10:31 PM
i can memorize 106 digits. 😋 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375 1058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480
thepells4 • 11 Mar 2011, 10:37 PM
@Redfire77 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375 10582097494459230781640628620899862803482534211706798214805839587 BEAT THAT 😋
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