[Hidden-tech] One page of my site has been hacked and I can't figure out how

Rich@tnr rich at tnrglobal.com
Mon Apr 3 19:11:31 UTC 2023


not much tech from that techie

A simple page download shows a javascript that does a forward to 
https://ad.afy11.net/srad.js?azId=198107"
Which is an ad - which looks like it might be corrupted or simply no 
longer valid

I'd remove that javascript and see that does for you.

R.

On 4/3/2023 1:51 PM, Shel Horowitz wrote:
> Thanks for your responses, Rich and Alex.
>
> @Rich: The page I am trying to load is 
> http://www.frugalmarketing.com/dtb/dtb-sustain.shtmlThe page it loads 
> instead is ww82.afy11.net <http://ww82.afy11.net>
> Just to see what happened, I tried https--and the page doesn't load at 
> all (but there is an https version of the overall website).
> The tech person checked the  .htaccess page and didn't see any 
> scripts. I am not sure you mean by what web page tool. My browser is 
> Chrome and my File manager is part of the CPanel.
>
> @Alex: It's actually not in WordPress. Most of my newer sites are but 
> this one was put up in 1999 and has about 2000 pages of content, so 
> Inever converted it. I did run it through the checker you suggested 
> and discovered three files related to a cart on a site that doesn't 
> have  a cart. One of those wouldn't load for the checker--and I 
> couldn't open it in File Manager. But that file has a 2020 
> modification date and there is no cart file in the subfolder that has 
> the domain where my shopping cart actually lives (shelhorowitz.com 
> <http://shelhorowitz.com>, which is a directory on 
> frugalmarketing)--so I think it probably IS my current cart and I 
> don't want to mess with it.
>
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> On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 12:33 PM Rich at tnr via Hidden-discuss 
> <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
>
>     care to share ? the link in question that is -- also what web page
>     tool are you using ?
>     Quick guess - look at .htaccess
>
>     Email link directly if you won't want to share on the list
>
>     On 4/3/2023 11:56 AM, Shel Horowitz via Hidden-discuss wrote:
>>     Oy! A key links page on one of my sites now loads a junk parked
>>     page. This happens whether I click to it from another link or
>>     type in the full URL.
>>
>>     An hour chat with a human at tech support left me with nothing
>>     but frustration. They take zero responsibility for this security
>>     breach and say it was on my end and I should buy, install, and
>>     run sitelock. As I recall, I previously had sitelock installed
>>     and it was very annoying in the process required to do anything.
>>
>>     I went into my Hostgator CPanel, changed the PW, and checked the
>>     file. It is the file I last updated in 2019 (which is good, as
>>     this would have been a very difficult page to recreate). I
>>     searched both the entire file manager and the file that is
>>     redirecting for the URL of the page it loads and I also checked
>>     the file itself for the word "redirect." Whatever they are
>>     hacking does not seem to be the actual file.
>>
>>     How can I figure out what's jamming my site and get rid of it?
>>
>>     If Passover, Easter, or Ramadan is a holiday you celebrate, I
>>     hope yours is blessed and joyful.
>>
>>     Thanks, as always,
>>
>>     Shel Horowitz - "The Transformpreneur"
>>     ________________________________________________
>>     Contact me to bake in profitability while addressing hunger,
>>     poverty, war, and catastrophic climate change
>>     * First business ever to be Green America Gold Certified
>>     * Inducted into the National Environmental Hall of Fame
>>     * Certified speaker: International Platform Association
>>     https://goingbeyondsustainability.com
>>     mailto:shel at greenandprofitable.com 413-586-2388
>>     Award-winning, best-selling author of 10 books.
>>     Latest: Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World
>>     (co-authored with Jay Conrad Levinson)
>>
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>>     "Impossible is a Dare: Business for a Better World"
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>>     (move your mouse to "event videos")
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