Hi Janet, Yes, they are attempts to discover the presence of certain files to be exploited. If you monitor your error logs closely, you'll see numerous attempts like this every day. I wouldn't worry too much about them, but certain tools will monitor these attempts and block the IP addresses of repeat offenders .
By the way, my favorite is http://example.com/wp-admin Best, Matt Thomas Founder betweenbrain <http://betweenbrain.com/>™ Lead Developer Construct Template Development Framework<http://construct-framework.com/> Phone: 203.632.9322 Twitter: @betweenbrain Github: https://github.com/betweenbrain On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Janet Sullivan <jmsulliva...@yahoo.com>wrote: > I am seeing "expired links" appear in the redirects component for a > redesigned/updated website > using an old domain name. I can't figure out where the expired links are > coming from, and I am > wondering if the links are possible hacks or attacks on the site? > > the format of the links are > www.valid_domain_name.com/frontend/personnel/valid_name_of_staff_member.php > > there is nothing on the old site or the new site with "frontend" in the > url AND the site > does not use the php extension for any of the pages. Could this urls be > some sort of attempted > attack on the site? I haven't installed admin tools yet, but plan to do > so in the next few days. > Thanks! > > Janet > > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php >
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