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Offline polonus

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Outdated WordPress Found: WordPress Under 4.0

WOT flags the redirect:
https://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/biglistofwebsites.com?utm_source=addon&utm_content=popup
as seen here: http://browser-updatez.ru/?80&source=americanvalley.net
Flagged: http://killmalware.com/americanvalley.net/
44 malicious files flagged: http://quttera.com/detailed_report/americanvalley.net
Detected reference to malicious blacklisted domain -kitf.org -> https://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/kitf.org?utm_source=addon&utm_content=popup
Blacklisted: http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=americanvalley.net
and also via SpamHaus: americanvalley.net has been listed in the DBL because it has been hacked. The domain americanvalley.net is currently being abused by cyber-criminals who have hacked the website's hosting or its content management system (typically Wordpress, Joomla, etc) and placed malicious files on the web server. Please clean up this infection before removing the domain from the DBL.

The malicious files can be found here: hXXp://americanvalley.net/wp-content/themes/elegantbusiness-theme-v2.1/inc/tgm-plugin-activation/plugins/utf.php

jquery.js   n/a   ver=1.10.2,  wp-content/plugins/LayerSlider/js/layerslider.kreaturamedia.jquery.js   n/a   ver=4.1.1
wp-content/themes/ElegantBusiness-theme-v2.1/framework/js/public/jquery.validate.min.js   n/a   ver=3.6.1
-http   americanvalley.net   /wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js   n/a   ver=1.2.1 - should be patched for Drupal
Issues here, see: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=tags/3.6&new_path=tags/3.6.1

polonus (volunteer website security analyst and website error-hunter)
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Use NoScript, a limited user account and a virtual machine and be safe(r)!

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Screen captures resulting from clicking second live link in post above below as attached:

Please do not click the second live link.
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