We’ve been able to sort the redirection sabotage this morning with the help of Graham, our Technical Adviser.
In fact with Graham’s help we have upgraded the version of WordPress that we use, which means we now have some new opportunities to improve the site.
Thanks to everyone who’s helped us with this.
UPDATE AT 8 PM:
We’ve had another report that searching for onlinefocus.org on Google, and then clicking on one of the results, redirects you to the wrong website. But it doesn’t seem to happen for everyone.
We’d be grateful for some feedback:
When you get results for
searching on google for onlinefocus and onlinefocus.org
searching on yahoo for onlinefocus and onlinefocus.org
– when you click on one of the results, are you sent to onlinefocus or to somewhere else?
I have just searched on google for onlinefocus and then again for onlinefocus.org. On both occasions I selected a link and was directed to the website. No problems for me on google. I havn’t tried Yahoo.
Thanks Corey
Google OK for me too.
Hi Guys
Using the Opera Browser following a Google Search I get http://your-needs.info/search/index.php?q=online+focus. Good Luck in your work to cure this.
Ah, so maybe it depends on what browser you are using – Internet Explorer seems Ok, Opera is sabotaged. I wonder about Firefox….
Hmmm. Firefox is Ok, but at least one version of IE and Opera redirect you…
I think I have found the dodgy code in sql. I will sort it out tomorrow night….
The exploit affects IE7, IE8, Firefox 2.00.14 as well. It might be worth checking the webserver itself as the version of Apache being run (1.3.34) does have some known problems with “Cross-Site Scripting” exploits. If someone has compromised this, then the redirect could be done at that level without even touching the site code.
I upgraded Firefox on Friday and it is still happening to me when I use Firefox.
I haven’t got a clue what a dodgy sql is, but I get here OK via Google using Avant Browser which is Firefox based (apparently).
Hope you sort it.
Bawler, I’m not sure about all this stuff either 🙂
Basically, sql is a computer language used to design the database which underpins the whole website…. As it’s been a long day I think I’ll try and sort out the problem tomorrow.
Things seem to be OK today. (I haven’t done anything)
Is anybody still being redirected?
Chris, just tried the Opera and Google combination and it is OK. John
Thanks John.
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Firefox and Google are back to normal as well 😀
It appears that the problem with the website has re-appeared. I have just tried to get access to onlinefocus.org through Google again and it re-directed to other links again.
Chris, Now I can access the website through Google again. It seems to be an intermittent problem. This time it happened just after you had posted the recycling information, if that is of any use, and I refreshed the page and it re-directed me! I came out of the website and tried to access it through google again (twice) both times it redirected me. I left it for about five minutes and tried to access the website through Google again and this time I was able to access the website. It does seem though that the problem is still there, only not as bad.
🙁
Tried accessing website through Firefox and Google again tonight and I am still being re-directed!! Got access by using Bookmark.