Unknown link shown in the blog

  • Malinga Perera

    (@malingaperera)


    9 years, 3 months ago

    Recently I checked my site’s blog (http://www.malinga.me/blog/) in different browser and saw that there is a unknown link in the top right hand side near social icons. This doesn’t show in the browser where i used to log in the site.

    Link says : “clomid vs injectables”

    Recently I got to know that my sites non www version (i.e: http://malinga.me/) goes to a white page only contain that link. I checked the theme code and my htaccess file. I couldn’t find any issues

    Any help will be great!

    Thanks.

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    9 years, 3 months ago

    Remain calm and carefully follow this guide. When you’re done, you may want to implement some (if not all) of the recommended security measures.

    Thread Starter Malinga Perera

    (@malingaperera)

    9 years, 3 months ago

    Hi,
    Thanks for the help.
    I went though the link. I did several scans and non of them were positive. So this might not be a attack. Is there a way to identify where that code (link) is added.

    Thanks

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    9 years, 3 months ago

    The guide covers all know vectors for such an attack, and if a link advertising something appeared in your theme without your involvement, I’d call that a hack, wouldn’t you? 😉

    However, I don’t see the link you’re referring to anywhere.

    Try clearing your browser’s cache. If you still see it, clear your browser’s cache, deactivate all of your browser’s add-ons or extensions, and reload the page. If the link is gone, re-activate each add-on or extension one by one until you find the one causing the problem.

    Thread Starter Malinga Perera

    (@malingaperera)

    9 years, 3 months ago

    I don’t know how, but when i activated the Akismet plugin (for some reason it was not active) and cleared the w3 total cache, the link is gone. May be this has nothing to do with what i have done. Will check for another couple of days and will mark as resolved

    Thanks for the help.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    9 years, 3 months ago

    You’re welcome!

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