[C320-list] Google Search

[Bruce Stanley]

from way down under
and from an old 'sysop'
THANKS JEFF
i/we know it is an arduous task ...

Bruce Stanley/Sydney
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On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Jeff Hare <Catalina at thehares.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Regarding the Google Alert on our site:
>
> It wasn't a false alarm unfortunately, but I believe it is fixed.  It
> doesn't appear to have been a direct threat because they weren't successful
> in altering our content to point to their exploit.
>
> The Gory Details:
> =================
> On Friday Aug 13, some hacker managed to upload folder to the site
> containing some exploits.  If any of our page content had linked to it,
> that
> could have activated the exploit if someone had clicked there.
>
> I noticed and removed the junk folder when doing a site backup a few days
> after it happened, but apparently *after* google's crawlers found the
> folder
> and put me on their naughty list.
>
> If anyone does see any inappropriate links on the site (in comments or
> anywhere), don't hesitate to let me know.
>
> A full scan of the database didn't reveal any inappropriate links or
> malware
> in there either so they weren't very successful in hacking our site content
> ...this time.
>
> It seems like a full time job trying to stay ahead of these goons.  I've
> scheduled Google to rescan the site and hopefully get back on the "nice"
> list before too long.
>
> Sorry for the inconvenience.
>
> -Jeff
> ==========================
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Stan
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 9:45 AM
> To: c320-list at catalina320.com
> Subject: [C320-list] Google Search
>
> Anyone know why a Google search of the Cataline 320 Int. Assoc. website
> says
> "this site may harm your computer".?
>
>
>
> --
> Stan
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