[C320-list] Google Search

P & B Sheerin sheerinp at bigpond.net.au
Sat Aug 28 23:53:00 PDT 2010


Good one Bruce. Hats off to Edson, I had a problem with helm brake and Ed 
promptly replaced it for me. Shame about the rest of the boat. Peter 
"Jaraman"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Stanley" <brucestanley36 at gmail.com>
To: <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Google Search


> from way down under
> and from an old 'sysop'
> THANKS JEFF
> i/we know it is an arduous task ...
>
> Bruce Stanley/Sydney
> =========================
> 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
>> "Our Little Amusement"
>> C320  #744
>> N 36 01' 33"
>> W 114 46' 08"
>> __/)__/)__/)__/)__
>>
>>
> 




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