I know that I am not the only one around here who runs their own blog or website (or several websites). For those of you who manage your own site/blog, a public service announcement: Please make sure your CMS software (WordPress, Drupal, a wiki engine, whatever...) is UP TO DATE! I run dozens of websites, and EVERY SINGLE ONE is down right now, because I did not keep up with software updates to WordPress. Someone hacked a site that I don't even use (an abandoned project that I never uninstalled or upgraded), and now Bluehost (my hosting provider) has "temporarily deactivated" my account. I've talked to BH, and they've reinstated me (as of this minute, I still can't see any of my sites) but now I have to go plea at the feet of Google to clear my good name. Hoorah.
Oh- here's another hint: If you have abandoned domains with installed software (that WordPress blog you started, and haven't looked at in a year)- DO NOT go visit that site. Uninstall or upgrade the CMS from SImpleScripts or Fantastico (however you did it in the first place) BEFORE visiting the site- especially if you use Google Chrome. The hacked site on my account lay dormant until yesterday, when I happened to visit randomly. Google Chrome gave it the Red Screen of Death, and my browser betrayed me to the Googleian Overlords. I'm sure I would have been blissfully unaware of the sleeping infection had I not visited the site with a Google product.
So, the moral of the story is: Those of you who run websites (I think of a dozen off the top of my head), please remember to upgrade to the latest version of your CMS software. I know, I know- you're worried your plugins won't work. Believe me- solving THAT problem is much less stressful and time consuming.
Now you know. And knowing is half the battle.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
So, once I got the malware taken care of, I have to deal with the fact that BH has become aware of my out-of-date software installs, which is apparently a TOS violation. I have 24 hours to correct this situation, or I'll lose everything (which is a lot).
St. Isidore of Seville, patron saint of the internet: Ora pro nobis.
-M
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