Dear Mike Russell,
Thank you for your interest in our security solution, BitDefender.
It was indeed a false positive. We have removed detection for this file. In a
few hours the updated signatures will be released through automatic updates
and BitDefender will stop detecting the file.
Best regards,
Iulian Ivanov
BitDefender Technical Support Engineer
I'll be reorganizing the site a bit over the next week or so, to remove some of the loopholes that might have been exploited by hackers. In particular, we are considering a new photo gallery with better support for contests, and voting for images.
I'll leave the remainder of this thread in place for a few days, for those who are interested in what happened, or more precisely, didn't happen.
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The curvemeister site may or may not have been hacked. At the moment, I'm verifying whether an actual virus infection took place or not, or this was just a false positive from the bitdefender virus software. At this moment, I am thinking it was the latter, while still taking a cautious approach.
The rest of this message reflects my concerns as of May 1, 2007. Please skip to the end of this thread for the latest news.
The download image for curvemeister version 1.0.1 may have been infected with a virus for several days, from April 27 to May 1, 2008. Naturally, this is a matter of great concern. Here is what I know so far.
The attacker probably accessed curvemeister.com by using a security loophole in the forum or gallery software. I have updated the forum software, and contacted customers who may have been affected, and I believe that no one was actually affected by the virus. As an extra precaution, the curvemeister gallery is off line for the time being.
In spite of these efforts, it is still possible that the attacker may return, and modify software that you might download from the site. If you do not have virus software I recommend the free version of AVG, available from www.grisoft.com .
If you have downloaded curvemeister during the time mentioned above, or have any questions about your downloaded copy of Curvemeister, please email me at mike@curvemeister.com.