>> and didn't have anything pick up on my McAfee security center
Yeah I noticed that whilst some where saying that their AVs werent picking up anything, but they were seeing the site oddness, - yet others were saying their AV (not just Avira) were indicating trojan presence.
Whatever way -
the database has definitely been compromised and information disclosed to 3rd parties .
Ive been a member of that forum before James even had the site properly live (I think my member number is something like no 4) as I used to advise on adsl problems on another of his previous forums, before James even knew anything at all about adsl/ISPs.
When I got the spam last night, I knew exactly where it had come from and the source of disclosure, which is why I headed over that way to report it.
Because the site hasn't been properly maintained for several years and much of the info is outdated, I would hazard a guess that the forum software hasn't had an essential phpbb security patch applied.... which is now a hacker has been able to get in, take info from the database, and inject malicious code.
If this is the case then the forum needs taking down until its patched and updated.