Comments on: How To Increase Website Traffic – Get Hacked http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/2009/08/25/how-to-increase-website-traffic-%e2%80%93-get-hacked/ Trying to figure out how much money a Webmaster makes per hour. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:53:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jenya http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/2009/08/25/how-to-increase-website-traffic-%e2%80%93-get-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-712 Jenya Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:24:37 +0000 http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/?p=383#comment-712 wow..thats crazy..I never knew that could happen. wow..thats crazy..I never knew that could happen.

]]> By: roman http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/2009/08/25/how-to-increase-website-traffic-%e2%80%93-get-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-427 roman Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:12:04 +0000 http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/?p=383#comment-427 <a href="#comment-426" rel="nofollow">@Neeshy </a> Hello Neeshy, Nobody reported this. And thankfully nobody did - because it usually gets reported to Microsoft and then Microsoft would mark this website as unsafe. If that were to happen then all Internet Explorer users would not be able to access the site without first receiving a warning that this website is unsafe. That would be a nightmare. Fortunately, due to the nature of this site, I monitor the stats very closely and so was the first to notice and was able to resolve before anybody somebody else noticed. @Neeshy
Hello Neeshy,

Nobody reported this. And thankfully nobody did – because it usually gets reported to Microsoft and then Microsoft would mark this website as unsafe. If that were to happen then all Internet Explorer users would not be able to access the site without first receiving a warning that this website is unsafe. That would be a nightmare.

Fortunately, due to the nature of this site, I monitor the stats very closely and so was the first to notice and was able to resolve before anybody somebody else noticed.

]]> By: Neeshy http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/2009/08/25/how-to-increase-website-traffic-%e2%80%93-get-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Neeshy Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:01:31 +0000 http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/?p=383#comment-426 I certainly feel like I should take more notice of my stats! Did nobody get in touch and report this to your ISP? Or were you the first person to notice? Nightmare situation to be in, but thankfully it is resolved now. I certainly feel like I should take more notice of my stats! Did nobody get in touch and report this to your ISP? Or were you the first person to notice? Nightmare situation to be in, but thankfully it is resolved now.

]]> By: David http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/2009/08/25/how-to-increase-website-traffic-%e2%80%93-get-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-425 David Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:57:27 +0000 http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/?p=383#comment-425 Hacker using your website to spam people. Thanks for sharing this experience. I rarely check my stats. David Hacker using your website to spam people. Thanks for sharing this experience. I rarely check my stats.

David

]]> By: roman http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/2009/08/25/how-to-increase-website-traffic-%e2%80%93-get-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-423 roman Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:28:10 +0000 http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/?p=383#comment-423 <a href="#comment-417" rel="nofollow">@Stefan </a> Not sure excatly how they got access to my website. I asked my web host and they said that some of my folders had 'incorrect permissions'. I am not sure whether it is something I did months ago or whether they where always incorrect. They where nice enough and checked all the folders persmissions and made neccesary changes to the permissions. They also warned me that I should always have my wordpress blog updated with the latest version because wordpress is always fixing security leaks. I was running 2.7.1, but now have updated to the latest 2.8.4 @Stefan
Not sure excatly how they got access to my website. I asked my web host and they said that some of my folders had ‘incorrect permissions’. I am not sure whether it is something I did months ago or whether they where always incorrect.

They where nice enough and checked all the folders persmissions and made neccesary changes to the permissions.

They also warned me that I should always have my wordpress blog updated with the latest version because wordpress is always fixing security leaks. I was running 2.7.1, but now have updated to the latest 2.8.4

]]> By: Randy http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/2009/08/25/how-to-increase-website-traffic-%e2%80%93-get-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-422 Randy Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:38:56 +0000 http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/?p=383#comment-422 Very scary. Thank you for sharing this story. Now I am going to look at awstats much more often. Until now I was only concerned about spammers directly at the blog (I had a some influx from russian-based spammers in the comment section but Askimet took care of these spams). I did not think that there could be problems at the server side as well. Definitely an important hint to be very careful. Very scary. Thank you for sharing this story. Now I am going to look at awstats much more often. Until now I was only concerned about spammers directly at the blog (I had a some influx from russian-based spammers in the comment section but Askimet took care of these spams). I did not think that there could be problems at the server side as well. Definitely an important hint to be very careful.

]]> By: Web Career Girl http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/2009/08/25/how-to-increase-website-traffic-%e2%80%93-get-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Web Career Girl Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:54:59 +0000 http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/?p=383#comment-421 I agree with the comment above - thanks for letting us know what to look out for - it's scary how this can happen. Must have been a horrible feeling once you realised the real reason, but I understand the excitement you must have felt before that :) I agree with the comment above – thanks for letting us know what to look out for – it’s scary how this can happen. Must have been a horrible feeling once you realised the real reason, but I understand the excitement you must have felt before that :)

]]> By: Patty Reiser http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/2009/08/25/how-to-increase-website-traffic-%e2%80%93-get-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-420 Patty Reiser Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:33:12 +0000 http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/?p=383#comment-420 Good lesson for bloggers to learn. Thanks for sharing this unfortunate mishap with everyone. Thanks Mike for Tweeting about this. I definitely plan to forward this onto others. Wishing you a scent-sational day! Patty Reiser Good lesson for bloggers to learn. Thanks for sharing this unfortunate mishap with everyone. Thanks Mike for Tweeting about this. I definitely plan to forward this onto others.

Wishing you a scent-sational day!
Patty Reiser

]]> By: Chris http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/2009/08/25/how-to-increase-website-traffic-%e2%80%93-get-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-419 Chris Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:27:28 +0000 http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/?p=383#comment-419 Sorry to hear that Roman, a real PITB I bet. Oh Mike.....here's the first visitor you brought with you ;) Sorry to hear that Roman, a real PITB I bet.

Oh Mike…..here’s the first visitor you brought with you ;)

]]> By: Mike CJ http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/2009/08/25/how-to-increase-website-traffic-%e2%80%93-get-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-418 Mike CJ Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:19:12 +0000 http://www.howthiswebsitemakesmoney.com/blog/?p=383#comment-418 What a terrible story Roman, but thanks for sharing it with us. At least we know what to look for! I'm going to tweet this to see if we can get you some real visitors! What a terrible story Roman, but thanks for sharing it with us. At least we know what to look for! I’m going to tweet this to see if we can get you some real visitors!

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