Anyone know what happened to David (dserrell) and all of his posts? All of his great posts were either deleted yesterday or replaced with just the number "1". What a waste! A lot of great information was lost. Also, his username now only shows up as "Guest".
David, you out there?
Does anyone here know one of the admins here? If David's account was compromised, the data should be able to be restored with a database back up.
--Greg
Greg, That is strange. I noticed his pics are gone from the yahoo forum too.
David, I hope all is well with you.
You know, I received an email today. It came from the 'CPYOA' or at least it claimed to. It confused me so I didn't respond it. It stated something like I would not receive any more posts or notifications until I responded to it.
Did anyone else get one of those emails? Was it legit? I wonder if that email could have something to do with this?
He's dropped off the grid...
I don't really know what the "the grid" is, but it sure seems like he's dropped off it.
Bob, I'd be interested in seeing that email. Care to copy and paste it here?
Greg,
I looked at the email again. I think it is legit. I recently changed my user preferences on this site. It seems to just be a notification that there is a new topic. The warning that confused me, was that it wouldn't send me anymore notifications until I returned to the board and read the posts. Sorry for the false alarm.
I am concerned about David though. Are those '1' posts gone now too? I notice them earlier, but haven't seen any just recently.
You, know I just got finished watching "It's a Life Wonderful Life". It's as if not just George Bailey but David was never born. What the heck is going on here??
Never have seen this before on web forums...
Okie Bob, I would search the source before I would believe it is legit. I have never gotten an email from this website. As for the wipe the slate clean- I wonder if it was done by a professional hacker. That looks like some things I have seen IT pro's do. I can only guess why....
I sent an email to David's yahoo email address this morning. No answer yet.
TG
newt, maybe we are in the Twilight Zone? I receive emails stating someone is responding to a topic I started,I think when I signed up they asked if I wanted to receive emails notification, must have said yes......Phil
He's gone from SailboatOwners.Com also.
Frank 2
I get email all the time to notify me when someone has replied to a topic I started or that I am watching. The legitimate sender is register.cpyoa@gmail.com. Caution is always advisable when going through your email. I never use embedded links in email. I never reply to email with account information of any kind.
If anyone does find out what happened to Dave I hope you will post that information...
Quote from: newt on December 13, 2009, 12:29:29 PM
Okie Bob, I would search the source before I would believe it is legit. I have never gotten an email from this website. As for the wipe the slate clean- I wonder if it was done by a professional hacker. That looks like some things I have seen IT pro's do. I can only guess why....
To me it sounds like a virus. Deleting all of your own posts and all of your pictures would be a lot of work for no reason. For someone to "hack" it all and delete everything would also be a lot of work. You would really need to tick someone off, and he seems like a nice guy. But it wouldn't be too hard to program a virus that went through all of the cookies and saved passwords in your browser and delete all your postings since so many of the message boards use the same software.
I don't know enough about e-mail to do those things listed below by Steve Ullrich. So I never ask that I be notified by what I'm posting about.
I have no idea what "embedded" means.
"He's gone from SailboatOwners.Com also." Hummmm Maybe the CIA reinstated him as 'Master Spy'.
That took out the Yahoo account. Did he post on the Yahoo Com-Pac Yacht Owners site?
I do know after my computer took a dump a couple of times that all my 'favorites' were lost. Includes CPYOA.
So maybe David (dserrell) gave up his 'membership' here by dumb thumbing the keyboard or for some other reason and now he's knocking but can't get back in.
I'd go to the Start menu-All Programs-Accessories-System Tools-System Restore...
and go back about the day before this all started and click on a date and let her restore.
FUNNY THE OTHER DAY A Window popped up asking if I wanted to upgrade to Windows 7 ? So like a dummy I did. When the computer restarted to start that program I could not get onto the internet. So I System Restored back to normal. I hate it when MSN does that crap.
skip.
I think a virus is a legit concern, but to wipe out an identity...I still have to ask "why?" Did a virus use his computer, and all the boards recognized the virus and kicked him off? Unless an moderator sheds light on this I guess we will never know....The reason I suspect a IT pro is that I have seen one do this to a hacker that was getting out of hand. That kind of knowledge could be used in a bad way I guess. But once again Why?
Dave, if your around- write a letter or use some else's logon.
Steve,
The email I received was from register.cpyoa@gmail.com, and it appears legit. I had changed my notification settings recently, and it was the first time I received one of those.
Quote from: Steve Ullrich on December 13, 2009, 05:01:07 PM
I get email all the time to notify me when someone has replied to a topic I started or that I am watching. The legitimate sender is register.cpyoa@gmail.com. Caution is always advisable when going through your email. I never use embedded links in email. I never reply to email with account information of any kind.
If anyone does find out what happened to Dave I hope you will post that information...
Quote from: newt on December 13, 2009, 12:29:29 PM
Okie Bob, I would search the source before I would believe it is legit. I have never gotten an email from this website. As for the wipe the slate clean- I wonder if it was done by a professional hacker. That looks like some things I have seen IT pro's do. I can only guess why....
Glad your note was legit... I'd hate to see this site go down. As for Dave: He is still registered on Sailboat Owners and active there within a few days. I sent him a note. I'll let you know if he replies.
Quote from: OkieBob on December 13, 2009, 07:57:20 PM
Steve,
The email I received was from register.cpyoa@gmail.com, and it appears legit. I had changed my notification settings recently, and it was the first time I received one of those.
Quote from: Steve Ullrich on December 13, 2009, 05:01:07 PM
I get email all the time to notify me when someone has replied to a topic I started or that I am watching. The legitimate sender is register.cpyoa@gmail.com. Caution is always advisable when going through your email. I never use embedded links in email. I never reply to email with account information of any kind.
If anyone does find out what happened to Dave I hope you will post that information...
Quote from: newt on December 13, 2009, 12:29:29 PM
Okie Bob, I would search the source before I would believe it is legit. I have never gotten an email from this website. As for the wipe the slate clean- I wonder if it was done by a professional hacker. That looks like some things I have seen IT pro's do. I can only guess why....
Steve,
I'm getting "1" were his posts used to be on SailboatOwners.com
Frank 2
Huh, didn't notice that... I see he was last active on Dec 13th though. Maybe he'll answer the note I sent and tell us what is going on.
Quote from: brackish on December 13, 2009, 09:04:26 PM
Steve,
I'm getting "1" were his posts used to be on SailboatOwners.com
Frank 2
I did not take any action as regards his or any other account.
Sounds like, if it occurred across multiple boards, that it is something that only that person should be able to do. Or, could only be done by someone with access to all of his passwords. Or he used one weak password for every account, and a malicious someone guessed it.
Boss
On another subject:
What about those Yahoo Com-Pac sailors who jumped through all the hoops and are still only able to log on as a GUEST?
Can these guys join up at CPYOA?
HOW?
Maybe Dave [dserrell] could sign up 'through this back door' using the Yahoo site again?
thanx skip.
Hi Skip -
WRT this CPYOA forum: Are you talking about people only having 'Guest' privileges here?
When folks sign up here, to keep spammers out, their account has to be approved before they can log in and post.
Used to be, we had 4 or 5 CP guys who helped me by filtering thru the good and bad applications. Nowadays, it is solo mio ;) who does that, and I am trying to do so on a schedule of checking applications every week to 10 days, running thru the list, checking IP addresses and such, trying to make sure we keep spammers out.
Some people I can tell are legit via a Google search of their user name or etc..., and approve without any further action. Some people that I can't be sure of prior to approving, I'll send a email to, to get a response to make sure they are real sailing folks (spammers won't bother).
If there are people who didn't get approved, maybe they didn't get the email from me - some ISP's will flag email from an unknown Gmail account as spam. Anyone who might have slipped thru the cracks this way can re-Register, and send a note to register.cpyoa@gmail.com , and I will gladly approve their account.
I no longer have anything to do with what happens regarding the Yahoo group. I used to have some Moderator access there, but the Yahoo Group ownership changed hands, and I was summarily 'demoted' :) to just a normal member. The new ownership there is probably a good thing - the old owner I could *never* get in touch with to get anything done (like approving new/other mods), and the group suffered because of it. I haven't looked in there in a while; I hope that with new ownership they are doing better. :)
Cap't- I truly appreciate your effort and work on maintaining this forum. THANK YOU!!!