Job Discussion Forums

[Mister Al]

Forgive me if I'm a bit stupid but what happened to the PRC off-topic forum?

[tw]

[mondrian]

Many of the new spyware programs, which kick in on start-up, clean out all your caches, including your passwords. So you have to "rejoin" sites like Dave's.
Have you just installed one of these newbies, and are running IE?

[Mister Al]

It was all bit weird. Usually I am logged in automatically but yesterday I had to log in again (spyware as you mention?) but did so anyway. On the Job Discussion Forums Forum Index all the usual forums were there to browse/post/reply etc but the China (off-topic) forum had 'disappeared'. Strange indeed. Anyway, all back to normal it seems. Thanks for your input mondrian and tw......I'm not that thick

[Tomato_Can]

It's the urban cheetah spies. Hackers.

[englishgibson]

Hey Mister Al, it happened to me too once.

Since you don't like my cheers, I'd say
Have a nice one and keep your eye on both topic and off topic

[stillnosheep]

Now you know how it happened.

Why it happened is because, unlike every other forum on the international board, access to the China Off-topic forum is restricted to logged-in members only. If you are not a member, or not logged-in, the forum appears not to exist. That way Dave feels less paranoid about the prospect of the Chinese govt shutting down access to the site from within the PRC.

[The Great Wall of Whiner]

[shenyanggerry]

Thanks stillnosheep, I always wondered why that was.

[stillnosheep]

Psst. I never told yu nuffinnk. You don't know me right.