# Viruses and site update

**URL:** <https://freedomyachts.org/t/viruses-and-site-update/12695>\
**Category:** Site Usage\
**Created:** [October 28, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://freedomyachts.org/t/viruses-and-site-update/12695 "2026-10-28T11:36:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![GeoffSchultz](https://freedomyachts.org/user_avatar/freedomyachts.org/geoffschultz/32/2885_2.png) [@GeoffSchultz](https://freedomyachts.org/u/GeoffSchultz)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://freedomyachts.org/t/viruses-and-site-update/12695/1 "2026-10-28T11:36:04Z")

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A user reported that his system was infected with a virus, and it pointed, in part, to file(s) that may have come from the Freedom forum. As a result, I scanned the forum with 2 scanners and, to be safe, completely reinstalled the Discourse software that runs it.

Scanners aren’t foolproof, so if anyone’s system detects a virus/trojan, please let me know the specifics of what it found (post, file, etc).

It’s a scary world out there, so practice good cybersecurity!

-- Geoff