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invectis
03-01-2004, 04:49 PM
It appears that they have been hit by a virus so if you have an account it'd be a good idea to change your password sharpish.

I received a virus infected mail from them this evening, the e-mail came through with :

password@www.ukreg.com

As the from address where password was my *actual* ukreg password ! (changed now)

It was also sent to me at the address I have registered for UKReg - looks like this virus is on their network and trawling through their customer database and sending out mails.

The IP address of the sending server was 213.171.193.254 which is proxy-gw.fasthosts.net.uk so there's not much doubt it's from within their network.

I phoned them and told them but got the usual tech drone so I'm not sure they actually took any notice :(

Just be warned if you have an account there your password may be compromised.

Joseph_M
03-01-2004, 05:19 PM
Hmmm, I think I have a domain or two there, so cheers for the heads up! I'm actually going to transfer them all out at the end of their reg period, UKReg is pants!

djstonefish
03-01-2004, 05:40 PM
I have a few hundred domains there, no complaints here... their support system is a little shoddy though!

Vortex-Steve
03-01-2004, 05:42 PM
Thanks for the heads up, didnt get that email myself but better to change our password I guess.