Shady-looking external resource

  • xack

    (@xack)


    13 years, 11 months ago

    I’m not a developer, but this place seemed like the most appropriate place to ask this question. I’m using the Clean Home template by Mid Mo Design for my linearhammer.com blog. Using ScriptNo in Google Chrome, the following external resource shows up:

    doug1izaerwt3.cloudfront.net

    Does anybody have any idea what this is all about? Is this something I ought to ask Mid Mo about?

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    Yes – absolutely.

    Chip Bennett

    (@chipbennett)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    Are you sure it’s coming from the Theme?

    To test: switch (temporarily) to the Twenty Eleven Theme, and see if the external resource is still called.

    Thread Starter xack

    (@xack)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    Chip,
    I did what you said. It’s still called. I still have no idea what it is or how I would go about getting rid of it, if I should.

    Chip Bennett

    (@chipbennett)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    I did what you said. It’s still called. I still have no idea what it is or how I would go about getting rid of it, if I should.

    Well, that tells you that the external resource is not called by the Theme.

    What Plugins do you have active?

    (Note: I suspect that this resource is not malicious; it sounds looks to me like a CDN reference.)

    Thread Starter xack

    (@xack)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    I get the thing about the resource call not being an issue with the theme.
    As for plugins, I’m not using anything special. I’ve got Links, Archives, Image, and Follow Blog widgets in my sidebar. Sorry if that’s not what you’re talking about. My blog is a pretty simple affair.

    Honestly the only reason I got paranoid about it was that cloudfront.net 404s, and the whole link just looks ridiculous. Cloudfront.com redirects to http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/ , which confirms your suspicion. Thanks for your patience.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    Have you tried:

    – deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

    – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

    – resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

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