[Coco] WARNING! Possible virus script hijacking of CoCo3.com !!!

[Brian Blake]

Roger, check the link I posted, they have instruction on fixing the damage
and removing the problem...





On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Roger Taylor <operator at coco3.com> wrote:

> At 04:28 AM 5/20/2010, you wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> When I clicked on some of the links in the thread on the "256 color mode"
>> to
>> posts on coco3.com my antivirus intercepted a number of virus infection
>> attempts.
>>
>> My suspicion is that coco3.com has been hijacked by some script emitting
>> a
>> virus! So please be careful, and Roger, please fix this ASAP!
>>
>> /Fedor
>>
>
>
>
> Thanks, Fedor.  I think this was a global thing so don't hold me
> accountable too much.  I definitely keep up to date daily on the captcha and
> anti-spam updates.  WordPress is impressive with these features which
> suggests that hacks like these might sometimes be induced by people who were
> or are on the coding teams of these systems, or somebody who has studied the
> code very well.
>
> If I restore the last backup, there will be posts lost.  I'm going to try
> to update the entire WordPress system to the latest version using the
> BlueHost cPanel options and make another backup prior just in case, and if
> something goes wrong I'll have to rebuild using FTP which could take a
> while.
>
> It seems that every time I brag about my top google rating, the site gets
> hit.
>
> Rest assured, no archives will be lost, and since nobody has any real
> personal data on the site... just hang in there and I'll recover in time and
> bring her back.
>
> Until then..... Norton users should be good.. mine reported Once then I
> could browsw the site as usual, but then the Gallery pictures are blank.  I
> disabled that plug-in to see if it would help.
> If the script is only in the Gallery, it still means that the thumbnails
> that used to be in the left column could emit the .js script.
>
> Somebody would have to let me know if disabling the gallery fixed the
> problem, but I am still going to do the fresh update of the WP system.
>
>
>
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