This evening all users of the official GoTeamSpeak.com forums were sent an email with the following content:

Now you can download new Team Speak patch. It will help you to use our Team Speak servers.
We advise you to download it now
h**p://www.goteamspeak.com/downloads/patch.exe

We've been reported that a few users have received a second email containing a modified version of this text.

We strongly advise that you DO NOT DOWNLOAD AND OPEN the files mentioned in these emails as they contain a virus which is at the moment detected by only a few antivirus solutions. We've reported this virus to ClamAV so hopefully it will be in some more virus databases soon.

Update - 15 April 2007

The GoTeamSpeak.com forums and the infected file seem to be down at the moment. The fake patch is now detected by Kaspersky as Trojan-PSW.Win32.LdPinch.beo and by ClamAV as Trojan.Spy-4392 hopefully more virus scanners to come. One of the attackers used a forum account of a TeamSpeak Systems employee to post that he has used a SQL Injection in one of the applications - not the forum itself - running on GoTeamSpeak.com to gain access to the database. This information is not verified.

Update - 15 April 2007

The issue has been resolved and all infected files have been deleted from the GoTeamSpeak.com website.

Related Links: 

Analysis report of infected patch.exe

Since today is Easter, we thought it's time for a special event here in our little community. Proudly sponsored by TeamSpeak Systems, we're offering the chance for you to win a copy of Command & Conquer 3 - Tiberium Wars (Kane Edition), the latest entry in the groundbreaking real-time strategy series.

Every member of our community who is at least 18 years old can participate in this competition. The winners of the competition will be drawn at random from the collected entries. This competition closes in seven days - on April 15th.

To win the game, click the appropriate link below and answer three simple questions.

Good luck!

Update - 16 April 2007

The competition has ended. You are no longer able to participate. A total of 18 users gave the correct answers. The winner is Typhoon. Congratulations to you!

Related Links:

Win a copy of Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars

We finally got a few nagging website issues resolved tonight. Several users have reported not receiving confirmation emails at all after registering on our website. This should be fixed now. I went ahead and activated the accounts of everybody who registered during the last few days.

We'd like to thank kanamor for reporting a caching bug in our RSS feeds and off course all other members of our community who have contacted us with comments, criticisms, queries and corrections.

In addition we've fixed a bug in our TeamSpeak 2 Backup Utility which caused fatal errors when admins were trying to delete all channels on their TeamSpeak server. The script is now fully functional and performs quite excellently under all tested conditions.

If you have any more issues, please don't hesitate to contact us and let us know.

As the TSViewer.com project continues growing very fast, ginger|HFD has introduced a new feature on his website. Registered users are now able to create unique userbars containing their server's status. Userbars are small rectangular images that are designed to be put into forum signatures. They are often used to show the user's interests, hobbies, or graphical skills.

Here's are two examples showing the new userbars:

Have fun using the new feature!

Releated Links:

Original news on TSViewer.com

Snowman - the developer of TeamSpeaker - has created a new website dedicated to his well-known application. At the moment, among the sites key features are a detailed changelog, a technical support forum and an online manual. The website is now live and can be accessed via teamspeaker.dk.

So go check it out and let Snowman know what you think.

Related Links:

Download TeamSpeaker 2.3.25.337

Official TeamSpeaker website

A new version of the TeamSpeak 2 server has been published today. This new release is very important for the TeamSpeak community as it fixes a critical bug that occured in the previous BETA versions 2.0.23.12 and 2.0.23.13. Detailed information about the changes can be found in the official TeamSpeak forums.

Due to security and liability reasons we recommend all administrators to update their TeamSpeak servers with the new binary.

The new release can be found in our download area or on the official TeamSpeak website.

Related Links:

Download TeamSpeak 2 Server 2.0.23.15 BETA for Windows

Download TeamSpeak 2 Server 2.0.23.15 BETA for Linux

Original thread on GoTeamSpeak.com

For all our visitors and contributors who aren't Jabber addicts yet, a new public Jabber server is available here at Planet TeamSpeak. Jabber is an open Instant Messaging protocol which has many advantages such as being decentralized, more secure, extensible, and it is free software developed by an open community.

The Planet TeamSpeak Jabber server is public so anyone who needs Instant Messaging services may register. Connectors or Transports to AIM, ICQ and MSN are also available so you can communicate with users of the appropriate network as though they were Jabber users.

Our server is running on jabber.planetteamspeak.com. Simply use your favorite Jabber client (i.e. Psi, Gaim, Trillian) to register a new account and connect.

Happy chatting!

Related Links:

Official website of the Psi Jabber Client

Yesterday, a new disease-causing bug got introduced in the TeamSpeak 2 server software. This bug can be triggered remotely and causes runtime errors which will lead to a subsequent server crash. The TeamSpeak developers have been informed about this issue so you can expect a fix for this problem in the near future.

If you're running a TeamSpeak 2 server using version 2.0.23.12 or 2.0.23.13 you should downgrade to a previous version immediately.