| Trollheart |
10-02-2013 05:13 PM |
If you got a "Warning! Malware!" message about my site...
Just to let you all know, it would appear that anything linked to the site I use to host my images, imaginatively called trollheart.com, is being flagged as being unsafe, a distributor of malware. As I'm sure you all know, this is nothing to do with me: I do not and would not distribute harmful code or programs (go on, have a virus!) --- I wouldn't even know how, much less want to.
So some dickhead has hacked my site and decided to use it to propogate his or her nasty programs. When I was made aware of this I immediately downloaded all my files, deleted them from the site and then scanned them, removing any malware I found. I have since reuploaded them and all should be safe now.
However, I know you may not want to take my word for it, and I wouldn't blame you. I can't guarantee it's clear. Maybe MalwareBytes missed something. So I've asked Google to rescan the site and once they give me a clean bill of health I will let you know, but at any rate once that's done you should no longer get the warning.
For now, let me assure you there is no danger. None of my images are clickable and unless you consciously go to trollheart.com there is nothing can be done to compromise your computer. Some pictures in my journal are now missing, as not everything reuploaded so for old entries I'm reupping them. For new ones, as mods are understandably wary of approving entries with a malware warning --- even if they know it's not anything to do with me -- I'm using a new, temporary host, so nobody will have to approve entries with images from my own site until it's clean again.
Thanks to all who have warned me of this problem, as otherwise I would have been totally unaware of it. Apologies to anyone who has gone through my journal and found missing images --- if anyone does and wants to report them to me please do, but I'm scanning through it at the moment and replacing any that don't come up.
Finally, to the bastard hacker(s) who screwed up my site, may you die screaming and be rewarded in hell with a lifetime of reinstalling Windows XP! :mad:
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