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Black hat SEO

Monsterpony October 20, 2010 February 22, 2011

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This morning, I have been bombarded by my virus protection telling me that a black hat SEO is trying to exploit the computer whenever I open a thread on the forum. Anyone else having issues?

Daylene Alford Wed, 10/20/2010 - 13:13

probably wouldn't hurt to let me know the exact wording of the error and also what virus protection you are using.

Monsterpony Wed, 10/20/2010 - 15:52

Danger: AVG Active Surf-Shield has detected active threats on this page and has blocked access for your protection.
[quote]The page you are trying to access has been identified as a known exploit, phishing, or social engineering web site and therefore has been blocked for your safety. Without protection, such as that in the AVG Security Toolbar and AVG, your computer is at risk of being compromised, corrupted or having your identity stolen. Please follow one of the suggestions below to continue.

URL: equine-color.info/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2345&view=unread
Name: Blackhat SEO (type 1703)[/quote]

Filename: equine-color.info/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2345&view=unread

Threatname: Exploit Blackhat SEO (type 1705)

Process name: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe

Process ID: 3856

I am running the most current version of Firefox and AVG Free 9.0 anti-virus.

Daylene Alford Fri, 10/22/2010 - 08:01

I got a response back from the phpbb people and said they can't be completely sure but that this may have been a exploit in the version of drupal I have installed that allowed a hacker to upload a modified file. I'll have to update in the next couple of days. I really hate doing the drupal updates because I have to make sure so many different components work correctly together. I have actually considered going completely over to the included drupal forums but they just don't have the same functionality of phpbb.