I had a major issue with one of my blogs late, I downloaded a theme from a random site searching for "free wordpress theme" in google, I came across a nice looking theme so I decided to install it. A few months after installing, i noticed a few sidebar links appearing, i could have sworn that there were no links there before, so I removed it anyway, and thought nothing of it.
Then another few days later. Wham! the link comes back, and not only that, a few more links appear.
Most of them are for high stakes keyword like auto insurance, payday loads etc.
I started to panic, becaue I didn't know what caused it. I tried uninstalling different aspects of the wordpress site, even the theme and plugins, but the damn links keep reappearing.
In the end, I had to do a clean installations of my site, and thankfully the malware I gone,
I read up on this and apparently there are tonnes of security holes in wordpress out there. 7 Tips to Hackproof Your Wordpress Blog | Web Standards Compliant
Long story short, don't trust any downloads outside of wordpress, unless they are of course known and trusted.
ANd pirated plugins, forget about it!
Then another few days later. Wham! the link comes back, and not only that, a few more links appear.
Most of them are for high stakes keyword like auto insurance, payday loads etc.
I started to panic, becaue I didn't know what caused it. I tried uninstalling different aspects of the wordpress site, even the theme and plugins, but the damn links keep reappearing.
In the end, I had to do a clean installations of my site, and thankfully the malware I gone,
I read up on this and apparently there are tonnes of security holes in wordpress out there. 7 Tips to Hackproof Your Wordpress Blog | Web Standards Compliant
Long story short, don't trust any downloads outside of wordpress, unless they are of course known and trusted.
ANd pirated plugins, forget about it!
