Google Chrome saying LFAD "Malware?"

[Michelle]

Actually, Michelle, it's likely coming from one of the adds on the site. Most malware anymore is spread through adds, and most adds utilize some sort of tracking tool. I'll bet that's where the false positive Chrome readings are originating from, there's probably a bit of code in an add here that tracks things. Frequently, that can show up as malware, though it's not usually harmful.

That would be odd because the only true ads we have are google ads (side of main page and bottom of every page). The rest are not ad codes, they are just images I hyperlinked.

At least I would hope google would not flag a site because of their own ad codes.

[Moon]

Weird. [link removed] is a dirt bike forum

[Malaga]

Maybe their site shares servers with LFAD and is infected with malware, that's probably how it spread to us?

[Michelle]

If you go to Tools - View Source (in Chrome) you'll see the coding of the current page. This is what I found at the bottom of it:

[code removed]

That's the URL Google's warning us about. So I'd say it's a script virus that changed the code of the page. You wouldn't be able to see it as a file on server because it rooted itself in one of the existing files.

Good catch! I deleted it. Let me know if there are still any issues.

Last week I was dealing with a hacker. (some of you may have noticed the forum was wiped clean with just the bare bones text - that was me cleaning up the mess and reuploading stuff). A lot of vbulletin 4 sites were being hacked - vbulletin announced the exploit and instructed on how to fix it. I thought I had gotten rid of everything - and made it so the bots were unable to get in and change things. So hopefully this little bit code was the only thing I missed.

[Rach321]

Good catch! I deleted it. Let me know if there are still any issues.

Last week I was dealing with a hacker. (some of you may have noticed the forum was wiped clean with just the bare bones text - that was me cleaning up the mess and reuploading stuff). A lot of vbulletin 4 sites were being hacked - vbulletin announced the exploit and instructed on how to fix it. I thought I had gotten rid of everything - and made it so the bots were unable to get in and change things. So hopefully this little bit code was the only thing I missed.

I was just able to access the site using Chrome. Thanks Michelle!

[Michelle]

I just went through and tried to delete any mention in posts of the code or link that was causing the issue. If you've posted it and I haven't seen it and edited it, please edit your post and remove the bad link. Thanks!

[lucybelle]

Good for me just now!

[loveknowsnodistance27]

Thanks Michelle!!! Working A-OK again!

[Jazi]

yay! so happy for this to be fixed

I was too afraid to come on LFAD over the last few days with the Chrome warning - kept checking back to see if the warning had gone and it has

[Mcayon]

I'm happy it works properly again, I was pleasantly surprised when I didn't get the malware warning as soon as I got here. :3

[AuroraBorealis]

Yay it's working again now! I was having the same problem before with that weird message. But working fine now!

[kiara_silver]

Glad its been sorted, got worried it was gone for good!