I can't speak as an owner/administrator for the forum, only as a user from essentially day one. This site has been relatively secure, though as we saw yesterday, we do occasionally get a spammer on. I think most folks are computer savvy enough to recognize these interlopers, for my part, if I see them early, post an entry to identify it as spam. Usually, sometime within a fairly short piece of time the thread is tossed out..................most if not all of the thanx for that goes to Bill.

As for the temporary site that comes up from time to time as a "space holder" for this one, it obviously has lower security thresholds based on the number of erectile dysfunction, porn related, and other bottom feeder threads that pop up. Which in my view points to how secure THIS site is since we don't get those on a daily basis.

Jack, it's unfortunate that you got stung, hope you're able to get it repaired without too much angst and discomfort (read expense), but I would have to say that your experience appears to be a minority one, and it would be a shame to lose your input. However, for anyone else, I don't see this as a major problem that would warrant undo concern. And of course, this is a good time to remind everyone that security begins at home. Make sure you have up to date virus and spyware protection on your machine, and that it's functioning at all time and properly. Keep your cache/temp files cleaned up as often as possible. Do frequent backups (though I'm probably more guilty of ignoring my own advice here than anyone )