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zshanthi

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my friend's website shows it contains virus
« on: February 07, 2012, 04:34:31 PM »
hxxp://www.perl-resume.com

Please see the attached image

Does anyone of you get a virus waring when you visit the above site ?

It is a false alarm or is it a genuine virus ?

Shanthi

« Last Edit: February 07, 2012, 04:54:53 PM by igor »

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Re: my friend's website shows it contains virus
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2012, 04:39:08 PM »
« Last Edit: February 07, 2012, 04:51:45 PM by Pondus »

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Re: my friend's website shows it contains virus
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2012, 04:39:14 PM »
kill that link (make it hxxp , and tell your friend to post himself ;D

zshanthi

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Re: my friend's website shows it contains virus
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2012, 04:55:57 PM »
kill that link (make it hxxp , and tell your friend to post himself ;D

Killing ??

I informed my friend and he deleted virus but how to make sure it does not happen again

please test again

http://www.perl-resume.com

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Re: my friend's website shows it contains virus
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2012, 04:57:45 PM »
Norman lab confirms infected
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Already detected as JS/Blacole.AE



EDIT seems sucuri result is Cached so may take some time to change........Sucuri now also say clean   ;)

Metascan now say clean
http://metascan-online.com/results.cgi?uid=x1i6k5ye93f9n7klana5qaqn239h7o2g

« Last Edit: February 07, 2012, 05:03:03 PM by Pondus »

zshanthi

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Re: my friend's website shows it contains virus
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2012, 05:13:41 PM »
Norman lab confirms infected
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Already detected as JS/Blacole.AE



EDIT seems sucuri result is Cached so may take some time to change........Sucuri now also say clean   ;)

Metascan now say clean
http://metascan-online.com/results.cgi?uid=x1i6k5ye93f9n7klana5qaqn239h7o2g



so the most common way for this virus to happen is to steal ftp passwords OR hack the server directly and gain access  ?

Shanthi

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Re: my friend's website shows it contains virus
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2012, 06:50:10 PM »
Generally the most common way is the site being hacked due to old versions of content management software being vulnerable and exploited (like, PHP, WordPress, etc.). o the site webmaster/host has to keep the software up to date.

Also see, Tips for Cleaning & Securing Your Website, http://www.stopbadware.org/home/security.

Also see, Help: I Got Hacked. Now What Do I Do? http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/library/cc512587%28en-us%29.aspx.


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Re: my friend's website shows it contains virus
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2012, 11:18:16 AM »
kill that link (make it hxxp , and tell your friend to post himself ;D

Killing ??

I informed my friend and he deleted virus but how to make sure it does not happen again

please test again

http://www.perl-resume.com



Hi Zhanti!
Just saw the tread. I have several websites in the same hosting account, and 2 days ago they all got infected somehow with the exact malware your friend had with his website (mwjs160). I spent all day long yesterday trying to resolve the problem not to avail.
I've seen that your friend deleted the virus within a day. Can you ask him how he did that please? I am getting really desperate now.

Thanks.

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Re: my friend's website shows it contains virus
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2012, 04:53:14 PM »
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I've seen that your friend deleted the virus within a day. Can you ask him how he did that please? I am getting really desperate now.
Have you tried this  http://sucuri.net/signup

Information for Website Owners
http://stopbadware.org/home/webmasters

Tips for Cleaning & Securing Your Website
http://stopbadware.org/home/security

Alibi

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Re: my friend's website shows it contains virus
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2012, 07:01:35 PM »
That's very useful information thanks.
I am still very curious about how the guy removed that malware from his site. Will be good to see if he didn't have to pay that much to delete it.

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Re: my friend's website shows it contains virus
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2012, 07:24:55 PM »
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Will be good to see if he didn't have to pay that much to delete it.
90$ for a year....including monitoring every 6 hours....is that expencive ?

Alibi

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Re: my friend's website shows it contains virus
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2012, 11:15:25 PM »
All sorted now. I contacted my hosting provider and hey resolved the problem for me. Thanks for your help.  ;)