Nissan 370Z Forum - Site Virus/Spam?

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Originally Posted by Davey (Post 1840450)

Now, what is more important is if I am just "some guy" looking for info on the 370z and I google it and one of the results is from this site, which of course is the awesomest 370z site on the interwebs, when I click on it it takes me to this pretty princess something or other site crap. That's not good, I'm sure you will agree.

I totally agree that it needs to be fixed ASAP. It could definitely scare people away if that is the first thing they see when trying to visit the site via a search.

This is very true, something I didn't even think about.

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370z Forum Rerouted?

I try to log onto the370z.com and at times it reroutes me to a malicious site as per my antivirus called like url123.com and this is the only site which brings me there. Its blocked this site all together at this point because my antivirus states this is a site with malware? Any intel/suggestions/knowledge about this issue, or people with similar issues?

You already have a virus. Update the definition files then run a full scan.

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Originally Posted by canes7 (Post 1845089)

You already have a virus. Update the definition files then run a full scan.

Yes. This. I haven't had any issues.

It's not a virus and AK is already aware of the issue, there's a thread on it in the questions and feed back section.

thread was moved

I have re-sent AK a text to look into this once again

I know its annoying a hope folks be patient as it will be addressed asap.

Google pics search does the same thing sometimes.

BTW that redirected site installed malware on my work machine the other day. Some fake antivirus crap that was a bastard to get rid of.

Do the mods here have a thread merge option? Might make sense to merge all ~4 of these threads together.

I was getting this same annoying issue. So bad that I couldn’t even use my computer at my house do to the virus blocker. The work computer was a hit or miss but per other threads explaining this same situation. It is Google all you have to do is type the370z.com on the address bar and access granted every time. Can’t take the credit thought I forget who stated that but it worked.

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Originally Posted by AK370Z (Post 1675101)

Thank you for reporting it. This has been a latest issue and thousands of forum, website, WP owners are affected. Google is aware of the problem as well. It kinda raised a red flag on their software when they saw all these big forums having their site redirected to another spam site. Google sent out 20,000 emails to forum, website owners last week to let them know they are affected as many owners have NO clue their site is redirected on google. I Never use google to go to my site.

I'm working on the issue and it's NOT a easy task. So please have patience. In the mean time, I want you to

a. Make the370Z your homepage. You're on here 24/7 anyway so making it homepage will prevent you from getting that error link. If you do not want to make it your homepage on your browser permanently, just do it until the problem is fixed. Thanks :tup:

b. Avoid using Google to search the370z and click on it. THE370Z is 7 letter website name. Just go to the top address bar and type "www.the370z.com". It's quicker.

I'll keep you guys posted what happens. thanks

AK

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Originally Posted by MattP725 (Post 1681474)

It isn't a virus, it is some sort of infiltration on google's servers... I never actually noticed it only happened via google but now I see. I got it again today when I was searching google and it led me to another forum.

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Originally Posted by 1st (Post 1857879)

It was AK...

Damn you google masters of the interwebs.

on a side note, is an infiltration to Google that isn't noticed until their clients and user mass cry and bitch about, something that happens often?

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Originally Posted by HArturo319 (Post 1867482)

Damn you google masters of the interwebs.

on a side note, is an infiltration to Google that isn't noticed until their clients and user mass cry and bitch about, something that happens often?

Google wasn't infiltrated, they were just using an exploit of the vBulletin google stats plugin that is used on this site.

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Originally Posted by 1st (Post 1857879)

Still having issues. Tried with Firefox and Chrome. Even tried searching via yahoo and it still redirects. Type it directly in the address bar and it's redirecting to this site URL123.INFO - free url redirection and masking service

Edit: Think I got it. I cleared cache and browsing history

-_- I always got angry because my anti-virus always 404d the google links of the website and came up with a red sign saying Trojan present. At least I know why now.

It doesn't matter what browser you're using or how clean your computer is. Try it on your phone and you'll get the same results, but it is very risky. Google has a site analyzer deal and indicated this site (and others) has served malware (lots of Trojans). It's terrible because this site is unpredictable so I try to kill the browser process immediately when the site pops up.

I did some reading and perhaps some server scripts were maliciously modified. Some people tried to CHMOD the scripts and it still got modded.

CHMOD doesn't work because it is using an escalation of privilege via a bug in vBulletin server. Right now the script is pretty benign, just a redirect, you can cancel and go back without issue. They could at some point inject a more malicious script, and that is the primary concern. AK is on it, in the meantime just exercise caution. There have been zero reports of anyone getting a malicious download from this site, the issue only affects external site searches.

I actually got a pretty nasty fake antivirus hijack program from that redirect a couple weeks back that was a huge pain to clean. Definitely be careful.

I'm really sorry for the issue and truly appreciate your patience. There are some lowlife scumbags who loves spamming other websites :shakes head: for their own benefit. But the issue is resolved. Thank you

http://www.the370z.com/announcements...ed-ak370z.html

You da man AK! Thanks for always being there for us, whether we see it or not. This is an awesome site, and I for one appreciate all your hard work. Thanks!

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