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If you run a blog, chances are you’re concerned about it getting hacked and infected with malware. And in this day and age, that is a very valid concern.
Hackers and scammers are constantly probing blogs for security holes weaknesses they can exploit.
If they happen to find one they can quickly gain access to your blog’s server and install malware that will turn your blog into a vehicle for distributing all kinds of nefarious code to the devices your blog visitors use to access it. [Read more…]
Question from Brianna L.: I need your help, Rick. And I need it quick.
I woke up this morning to find several messages in my inbox telling me Google is reporting that my blog has been hacked.
I searched Google for my blog’s name and sure enough they’re showing this message with my site’s URLs in the search results:
“This site may be hacked.”
Then I checked my blog stats and found that the page views had dropped to almost nothing, literally overnight. They are usually in the thousands.
I carefully examined every page on my blog but I couldn’t find anything that resembles a hacked page.
After that I did a Google search and saw where someone was recommending a check for strange plugins that could be causing the problem. He said to look for plugins that I didn’t remember installing.
I checked the list of installed plugins but the only ones I found were the ones that I actually installed myself.
I have three questions for you: [Read more…]