Getting JS/Agent Virus Warning on Blog

timjeske · Member · Aug 5, 2011 at 1:17 pm
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Blog: [removed]
When accessing the above-mentioned blog I’ve started getting a Virus Warning.

How do I address this?

Tim Jeske
supportbot · Member · Aug 5, 2011 at 1:17 pm
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You did not specify a blog address or reason for posting when you created this topic.

This support forum is for blogs hosted at WordPress.com. If your question is about a self-hosted WordPress blog then you’ll find help at the WordPress.org forums.

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If you forgot to include a link to your blog, you can reply and include it below. It’ll help people to answer your question.

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justjennifer · Member · Aug 5, 2011 at 1:27 pm
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That site is not hosted on WordPress.com and my Norton just diverted a virus attack when I clicked on your link.

MODS: Please remove any and all links to the the site timjeske has linked to.
justjennifer · Member · Aug 5, 2011 at 1:30 pm
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For anyone visiting this thread, do not click on the link that timjeske posted.
timjeske · Member · Aug 5, 2011 at 2:16 pm
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Well .. that IS the problem. I told you that I got that message. How do I solve it?
justjennifer · Member · Aug 5, 2011 at 2:24 pm
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As I said above, that site is not hosted on WordPress.com.

You will have to seek help for your self-hosted WordPress.org install at http://wordpress.org/support It would be courteous to describe the problem and not link to the infected website.

If you don’t understand the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, please read this Support document http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
timjeske · Member · Aug 5, 2011 at 2:31 pm
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Well thank you … My humble apologies for posting in the wrong place. Please forgive my mistake. As far as being courteous … that was exactly why I linked to the screen shot … so you would not have to go to the site.

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justjennifer · Member · Aug 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm
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MODS Please remove the link to the screenshot above as it is a download link. Thanks
justjennifer · Member · Aug 5, 2011 at 2:38 pm
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Please then post a link to a JPG file and not a PHP file which causes a download. There are plenty of places on the web you can upload a JPG file for free. Good luck.
auxclass · Member · Aug 5, 2011 at 2:59 pm
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~~ justjennifer – this is sort of a tough call since we routinely ask for the blog URL to determine if the site is hosted here or not, so the odds are that one of us would have ask for the blog base URL then maybe clicked on it – or if someone was real cautious did a whois look up to see where the name-servers were pointed.

Thanks however for your quick action to minimize the threat to visitors to the Support Forum.
justjennifer · Member · Aug 5, 2011 at 3:07 pm
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~~auxclass

I did click on the link in question (face/palm), which is why I flagged it for our Mods. I arrived at the site, even managed to scroll down to the footer to see that it had WordPress in there and then Norton popped up with a warning that it had fended off an intrusion attempt on my computer. Thankfully after 2 scans (Norton & Malwarebytes) it seems it went no further than that.

And now, I think it’s Beer o’clock!
auxclass · Member · Aug 5, 2011 at 3:16 pm
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Getting a page from Google Cache probably would have worked also and been a bit safer. But I probably would have clicked also. Glad it did not seem to have damaged your computer.

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