As usual, I initially ignored SP's pathetic tweet, whining about there being a problem on the site. However, the more authoritative voice of MLCM chimed, so I decided to investigate.

It seems that we have been under attack from Russia. The hosting company has removed a ton of malicious code that has been seeping invisibly through the site. They also pointed me towards a warning about the forum software. MyBB, the software that runs this forum recently admitted that their last update unwittingly contained a virus which left the back door open.

This explains (I suppose) why there has been so much spam on the forum over the last few weeks. It also explains why I've been getting automated messages saying that the site was running out of space, even though things looked OK.

So we've been scrubbing the floors to get rid of this nasty Russian bug, and I have also re-installed what I'm told is the clean version of the forum software. So let's see. I hope things will get better.

(Actually, it did make me wonder - yet again - whether we should revert to the old vBulletin forum. It was more robust, but I was paying quite a lot for an annual licence, and wasn't sure it was justified. ANyone have any thoughts on this -- if you can remember it...)

Finally, thank you SP. As usual I mistook your fine eye for detail and your irrepressible willingness to assist, as being 'bloody interfering again'. I will try to remember this next time.

Seriously, thanks all, I rely on people to tell me when things are wrong, as I don't always see it.

EG