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1. med103
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Hello,
   A few months ago I started getting a strange error message on my site and I couldn't figure out what was going on. I also got an email about illegal activity on my site from Google. I was totally confused by both. I've been trying to upgrade my RSS feeds through feedburner and everything seemed to be broken. So this morning I did a view source and scrolled all the way down and sure enough there are tons of hidden links on my site and I can't find them anywhere in my source code. Does anyone know how to fix this? Google has taken me out of the search results and none of my feeds work right. I need to fix this soon.
   Thank You,
   http://www.michaeldoig.net

2. Webmeba
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Well if so, then your domain has probably been blacklisted by Google.

   That's... um... not good. As far as I know it's virtually impossible to get a blacklisted website back to the list of websites indexed by Google.

   Register a new domain perhaps? And think about changing your host. If not, try and contact Google, have fun with that though...

3. whooami
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Before I offer any assistance ..

   
   <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 2.2.2" /> <!-- leave this for stats -->

   A few months ago ...
   
   So this morning I ...

   I think all of the above pretty well speaks for itself. :(

   --

   How you fix it is by deleting all the files that are on your site except for your wp-config.php and upgrading WordPress.

   How you prevent that from reoccuring? Being a responsible webmaster is a good place to start. What you said above reeks of the opposite.

4. whooami
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   PS: And Kudos to Google for slapping down sites like that, and the webmasters that (fail to) take care of them.

5. med103
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Wow,
   I thought this was a place to get help, not get kicked when you are down. That is about the lowest form of response I would have expected.

6. Webmeba
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Well there isn't much that you can do for your current domain...

   What whooami probably meant is that you should have reacted immediately after noticing those strange errors.

   As I said before, get a new domain, and maybe even a new host, then just point your readers to your "new" blog.

   Also, this is not a place where we, usually, discuss emotions :P .

7. med103
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Whooami,
   I would like to direct your attention to this post where I tried to find out the cause of the errors http://wordpress.org/support/topic/134703?replies=3 - the village idiot indeed.

   As it turns out, all I needed to do was update to 2.3.1 and the problem went away. I also resubmitted my site to google for reconsideration.

   I am glad I did not follow your advice.

8. jeremyclark13
   Moderator
   Posted 11 months ago #

   You also probably want to take a look at this.

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress

9. whooami
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   I guess you missed the part in your other thread where I replied? And you never posted back ..

   And you did follow my advice. Lets hope you continue to.

   --

   As for being kicked. you werent kicked. What you were wasnt even admonished. Try to remember you do share the Internet with a lot of other people, and believe it or not, what you do (or dont do, in some cases) affects others. Thats not cliche, that's a fact.

   If you were expecting a pat on the back, imagine this response:

   "Hey!! Good for you for deciding to take care of that three month old tumor on your back!! Good Job!!"

10. med103
    Member
    Posted 11 months ago #

    They're back at it again. After updating to 2.3.1 the problem went away, but now it is back. I have the which: no fetch code back on my site. I was reading http://tropicalseo.com/2007/andyhaganscom-hacked-can-you-help-me-out/ and it seems like the same sort of problem, however it seems to be related to Dreamhost. Could this now be related to BlueHost?

    If I do need to delete everything, would backing up the database present any problems for the new site?

    Last question, I had a directory on my site that was also hacked they placed a folder full of porn in it. should I put all new directories in the wp-content folder for better protection, or should I just add .htaccess files to them? The permissions are 755.
    Thanks

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