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I have most installers in my archive. But try first this site: https://panda-free-antivirus.sooftware.com/windows/download/401339

@xper@Tripredacus@Dave-H So basically from what I can see we have 4 problems right now: A forum hack that as a result de-indexed MSFN from search results Spam accounts that lead to registration block Lack of donations to pay for Invision software Lack of maintenance #1 and #2 are the most important ones right now and it may very well be that due to lack of maintenance the forum remained at old software versions which is much worse for servers than it is for client devices. And eventually got hacked. Cleaning the malware is one thing and securing the software so that the vulnerabilities aren't there anymore is another and I think it may actually be easier to just redo the forum board from the ground-up. A fresh board can be brought to life with just a few hours. But I think it's important to keep MSFN alive due to the incredible amount of useful info already there, the fact that there is no forum quite like it: eclipse.cx and legacydev.org suffer from dramas causing a large portion of users not being reachable on one or the other and a lot of the actual software development happens here (especially drivers nowadays). And MSFN is a really active forum for the technical state that it's currently in. Now what IMO has to be done: Archive everything as it is Put up a fresh install of a free forum software like phpBB Transfer users (with more than 0 posts) and emails so that they can redo their password using email verification on the new board Strip the old forum of any javascript/php code to clear malware and put it in read only mode somewhere like archived.msfn.org Maybe transfer the contents of some of the most active topics. Consider giving some maintenance access to most trusted forum admins so that the software gets properly updated And there you go, it requires some work, but problems solved, if a change like this happens I promise to donate to the forum and I'm sure many users would do the same, I think they just don't really want to donate right now due to lack of maintenance happening anyway. And phpBB unlike invision is free!

DuckDuckGo Installs Surge 30.5% After Google’s AI Search Overhaul 06/01/2026 // Chase Codewell https://www.naturalnews.com/2026-06-01-duckduckgo-installs-surge-after-google-search-overhaul.html DuckDuckGo's US app installs surged 30.5% week-over-week on May 25, 2026, following Google's announcement at its I/O developer conference that it would replace traditional search listings with an AI-driven agent, according to data from app analytics firms cited by ReclaimTheNet and TechCrunch. The growth marked a significant shift in user behavior, with many citing dissatisfaction with Google's new direction. The surge began shortly after Google's May 2026 keynote, during which the company described the overhaul as the "biggest upgrade to our iconic search box since its debut over 25 years ago," according to TechCrunch's report. The new system, which the company called an AI agent, answers queries, executes tasks, and runs background monitoring functions without explicit user opt-in, according to the announcement. Between May 20 and May 25, DuckDuckGo's US app installs climbed an average of 18.1% week over week compared to the prior period, according to ReclaimTheNet. more .....

read this part again I wanted to point out that whenever company plays your friend or good guy they do not have your best interest in mind rather theirs. You should never ever worship brand into point where you blindly believe all they say and cannot question it at all. You are walking wallet for company so use that for your advantage. They want your money, but you do not have to give it to them if you think they do not deserve it. Back in the day there used to be this vote with your wallet way that is mocked these days as stupid by consumertards. I still do that. I do not buy goods that ethics I cant agree with UNLESS they are required for living. You need house, food, running water, electricity and if live in middle of nowhere and happen to be crippled need automobile of some sort and petrol or diesel, but you DO NOT NEED buy latest AAA titles or new smartphone yearly if disagree with company ethics. You need to find golden mean between bending over and lubing up all the way and living in the forest.

I am currently limited to using Server 2008 R2, and Supermium Version 132.0.6834.224 (Official Build) (32-bit). I haven't updated because other than the ffmpeg issue, it works great. Don't fix what isn't broken. There might be a glitch where it uses more memory on WinXP. After scrolling Facebook's main feed for a long time, I got the commit charge to about 1 GB and it would fluctuate around that number. I have 8 GB of memory. This was more continuous scrolling that I could ever read. I wouldn't keep the tab open continuously after finishing with the task. https://i.imgur.com/peXNaAq.png

or you have to patch browsers everytime you update them. https://github.com/Feodor2/Mypal68/issues/614#issuecomment-3123823233

I also didn't like their browser. My main search engine for now is Startpage and then DuckDuckGo. Startpage advertises : 'The world’s most private search engine.' ... I don't know, have to take their word on that I guess. https://www.startpage.com/en/ I just use links separate from any browser. ...

Appears to have already been reported: https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/issues/182

@nicolaasjan This is an attempt to explain what happens when the contaminated MSFN server meets other search engine bots than Googlebot or bingbot. For everyone else, it refers to @nicolaasjan's test and observation: Why alternative bots (like MojeekBot) trigger the "Welcome Loading ..." freeze 1. The mechanics of the attack: The server-side user agent sniffer The malware installed on the server uses a conditional script (usually written in PHP within core files like index.php or .htaccess rewrites). This script scans the incoming request for specific keywords in the User-Agent string to determine whether to serve the clean forum to a human user or the spam payload to a search engine. 2. The Googlebot trigger vs. the MojeekBot catch-all fault With Googlebot: The malware has a fully defined template. When it detects Googlebot, it successfully injects the hidden HTML container containing the Thai spam, links, and keywords, allowing the page to render fully for the crawler. With MojeekBot (and potentially other secondary search bots): The malware's sniffing routine recognizes the word Bot or Bot/ (via a regular expression or wildcard check like *bot*), flagging it as a search engine. However, the malware's backend does not have a valid spam-template or correct database-routing configured for this specific bot identifier. 3. The cause of the freeze: Broken Document Object Model (DOM) & JavaScript execution The string "Welcome Loading ..." is part of the forum’s native lazy-loading or initialization layout (often used during the initial handshaking phase between the server and the browser's JavaScript engine). When MojeekBot hits the server, the malware triggers, intercepts the request, but then crashes or terminates prematurely (e.g., throwing a silent PHP Fatal Error or an unhandled exception because the variable for the payload is empty or undefined). The backend script crashes mid-execution: It completely fails to fetch and load the actual forum database content (the threads, posts, and UI). It leaves the HTML document incomplete and broken, trapping the page forever in the initial "Welcome Loading..." state. This observation proves that the infection is not a static HTML injection into old threads, but an active, dynamic routing script on the server. It intercepts all automated crawlers based on a broad User-Agent filter, but breaks completely when encountering bots it wasn't explicitly optimized for (like Mojeek). To fix this, the administrator @xper or supervisor @Tripredacus needs to look for malicious conditional statements filtering user agent keywords inside the server configuration or core PHP initialization scripts.

Your screencap "looks like" XP. So I tried to run r3d in XP and it doesn't work. Is that XP? Or something "made to look" like XP?

That’s not the point. I said that unlike February, it now can no longer be denied. I always express myself very precisely and would appreciate it if a native speaker like you would take the words at face value. This is starting to get on my nerves. Avoid any interpretations if possible! Facts are facts. Everything @xper and @Tripredacus said in March is now null and void. The MSFN servers are infected and therefore compromised with 100% statistical certainty.

There is a significant difference compared to February. We have proven here, unequivocally and beyond any doubt – with mathematical precision, so to speak – that the MSFN server has been compromised by malicious code. This can no longer be denied. Any attempt to deny this would be embarrassing and would call into question the server operator’s technical competence.

@NotHereToPlayGames We shouldn’t take ourselves – or MSFN – too seriously. We’re talking about a forum here, tragically classified by @xper for some time now as a ‘communication forum’, but which I and most others still regard as a 'technology forum', with no infrastructure attached to it, where people can seriously come to harm. Perhaps both are away on holiday or at work, but that can’t be the case forever, of course. And anyone stupid enough to fall for one of those Thai posts scams is beyond help.

Right! We'll have to wait some time. But this period will definitely come to an end, as the damage it is causing to MSFN is becoming increasingly severe.

@NotHereToPlayGames I would appreciate it if we could remain as objective as possible, even though I cannot understand the administrator/supervisor’s stance.

@nicolaasjan I'm currently trying to figure out why nothing is showing up with MojeekBot or Bravebot. It seems, however, that the malicious script or code on the MSFN server wherever it may be hiding isn't playing nice with Mojeek or Brave. And that is most likely why Mojeek and Brave don't really have any issues with MSFN at the moment. But maybe, the hackers will update their malware at some point, and then that will be the end of those two search engines, too, when it comes to search results regarding MSFN. And as things stand right now, they have all the time in the world, since the administrator @xper or supervisor @Tripredacus hasn't taken any action yet.