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1. apolonius
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   A link has appeared in my footer saying "colon cleanse" it points to a scam website. I didn't put it there and I can't seem to remove it. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks

2. songdogtech
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Post your site URL and look through How to Completely Clean a Hacked WordPress Install.

3. apolonius
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   oh great. So my blog is less than a day old and it gets hacked. Does this happen a lot?

   thanks for the link.

4. whooami
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   next time someone asks you to do something in the course of trying to help you, maybe you would like to oblige them?

   the possibility exists that you are using a sponsored theme and that that is the cause of the link you are seeing...

   BUT

   we dont know, because you didnt do as you was asked of you and provide a link to your site.

   Does THAT happen alot with you?

5. whooami
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I found the link to your site via your duplicate thread (dont do that either please, ONE is enough).

   where did you get that theme? did you buy it?

   truthful answer please. --

6. apolonius
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Well I wasn't being ungrateful, I just haven't had time to try what songdogtech suggested, and I wonder if it's worth going through all that if the theme is in fact compromised. I did have a brief look through the instructions and was a bit unsure of how to proceed as WP is provided by my host and installed via control panel x / fantastico deluxe, so I need to consider how to reinstall manually via ftp and again if it is worth the grief.

   As to the theme itself, it was a free download. It's available in lots of places on the interwebs. If you are implying that it is stolen or illegal in some way then I can only plead ignorance to this, in fact I can only plead ignorance to most things WordPress, please don't confuse this with rudeness as thats not my intention. I merely want to know if this sort of hacking is commonplace on WP, or if it is only an issue with compromised themes- Or if I should just go back to writing my own code and stay away from commercial blogging altogether.

   the domain is http://www.guybeggs.com/blog

   thanks

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