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#17130 Google Conditional Hack

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Latest post by nicholas on Monday, 19 August 2013 14:50 CDT

vickiwatson
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Joomla! version: 2.5.8
PHP version: 5.3.15
MySQL version: 5.0.95
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Admin Tools version: 2.4.3

Description of my issue:

Are you familiar with the Google Conditional Hack? where it inserts viagra or cialis spam into a site? Apparently this site has been hit with it.
http://groveport.org/

I know it's seriously outdated. It may be restored by the time you get this, but I'll attach a screenshot to show what is happening. Viagra info is in the announcement area below the banners. Also a google search with the city name and viagra shows the site listings with google info in the descriptions.

Just wondering if there is something in particular that has allowed this to happen, that I need to correct. The site is hosted with http://thinkcsc.co/ I don't know if there's something they can do on the server settings to tighten up the security.

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Yes, it's the most common type of hack. However this tells us nothing about how the site got hacked. You need to play CSI. A good place to figure out what you have to do is https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/walkthroughs/unhacking-your-site.html

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

vickiwatson
Okay, thought you might have a general idea where that type usually comes from.

Should be able to use this to convince clients to keep up with updates. :(

Thanks.

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
You're welcome

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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