On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:51 PM, Mr O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Were you surfing from a Windows or linux box? It could be on > your end if it is a Windows machine. I don't know of anything > the hijacks a linux browser.
I was using XP at the time. But I get the same result from both Mepis and Ubuntu running on the same machine. > If it was replicable from another machine then somebody pwned > their server. What often happens is the ad servers get jacked > and malware spreads through them but it could happen to a site > as well. What does the page source show for the links? Are they > third party or in house? Page source shows normal hyperlinks but with URLs (not link titles) directed to the porn sites. A quick survey of pages says the problem seems to be confined to the "diary" section of their site. But digging just a little bit deeper, it sounds like the problem might be the content management system they are using (Scoop). See this post. <http://scoop.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/9/21/75858/9584>: "Looking over this site, its apparant that you're having the same spam woes that I'm having on my scoop site (chinese spammers creating accounts and posting advertisements everywhere). I would request a couple of tools to help combat this problem (delete all posts by a username, blocking by IP, and preventing more than 3 links per post. *heck, why not stop all links?*) Are there other ideas to help stop this? As it is now, I can't hardly keep up with the pace of crap posted on my scoop site." That doesn't describe what I am seeing, but it doesn't sound like software that's got a lot of defenses to link spammers. I suppose another possibility is faulty or sloppy CMS permissions settings that allow anyone who subscribes edit pages. I think I'll go back to getting some work done. Knock on wood, but I think I've got my site nailed shut enough for now. (Might be different if I ever get around to figuring out why automagically-generated email from Drupal isn't working for me, which makes it a bit tough to subscribe. :-) Best regards, Marbux _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
