Oddworld-web.au & Oddworld Library sites: Malware alert

DarkHoodness · #1 05-01-2012, 06:31 AM

I know AbeBabe/Cloverfields Oddworld site is long dead, but I'm pretty sure Oddworld Library isn't. I accidentally mis-clicked on the Oddworld Web link at the top of the OWF page, and Google's malware message appeared. I checked the other sites - Oddworld Library also has been noted by Google to contain malicious software.

Both websites are noted as malicious on Google's search results as well.

I wonder why that's happened? Were the sites taken over or something?

Wings of Fire · #2 05-01-2012, 07:10 AM

It was infected on the 28th of April according to Wil's twitter.

OANST · #3 05-01-2012, 07:58 AM

Didn't there used to be a link for Oddchat at the top? Is that permanently dead and gone?

DarkHoodness · #4 05-01-2012, 08:02 AM

@WoF - Oh right, I've kind of left twitter and not everything he posts there is linked to his FB page.

@OANST: Oddchat is still linked at the top while using the native skin, but the java code doesn't seem to work properly. Then again, nobody uses it anymore anyway.

kapteeni13 · #5 05-01-2012, 08:26 AM

What happened to those sites? O.o

Crashpunk · #6 05-01-2012, 12:16 PM

They died after Oddworld did. I think the links should be removed. Maybe replaced them with ones that are still running?

***Wil*** · #7 05-01-2012, 01:23 PM

Yeah, a couple of people have alerted me to the fact, but frankly I haven't found time to sort it out. I wish I could just flick a switch and turn the website offline for a bit.

Damnit, this is exactly why Oddworld Library needs a web dev who knows what they're doing. How many years have I been looking now?

Havoc · #8 05-01-2012, 02:09 PM

Well it kind of depends on how the mallware got there? Was your hosting account hacked and did someone place it there? Or was it injected somehow? Because even a competent web dev can't prevent the first one if there are easy to guess passwords.

JennyGenesis · #9 05-01-2012, 02:51 PM

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They died after Oddworld did.

***Wil*** · #10 05-01-2012, 03:26 PM

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Well it kind of depends on how the mallware got there? Was your hosting account hacked and did someone place it there? Or was it injected somehow? Because even a competent web dev can't prevent the first one if there are easy to guess passwords.

Since Google can't identify the problem (or even detect one - it's going purely by user reports), I can't tell where the malware is or how it got there. I'm going to have to go through everything.