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joedan
PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:49 pm 
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Hello, I'm using J 2.5.6 and recently my users started complaining about advertising windows that pops up while surfing my website.
Some of them also say that their antivirus is trying to block my website.
I don't authorize any advertising on my website.
What should I do to see if there is actually some unwanted code on the site?

Sorry I can't share the URL, it's a private website.
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federal
PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:28 pm 
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It could be hidden anywhere. I assume you downloaded a free template from somewhere? I would check all php files initially for code that doesn't make sense, e.g. long strings of garbled text that don't spell anything.
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joedan
PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:44 pm 
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hello federal, no it's a paid template from a reliable source.
I have many extension on my website, please help me find some of those that may be suspicious:

- acymailing
- community builder
- flexicontact
- kunena
- freestyle faq
- joomlart comment
- jce
- personal goals manager
- sobipro
- uddeim
- xcloner
- xmap
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federal
PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:55 pm 
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Hi, sorry but that's all a bit beyond me. I think you need some more feedback as to what pages and actions result in pop ups. That or a bit of googling the various extensions to see if anybody else has the same problem.
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mandville
PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:33 pm 
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you can run through this checklist viewtopic.php?f=621&t=582854 without disclosing the url
what about your host? do they inject adverts?

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PhilD
PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 8:23 pm 
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Private or not, if you follow the checklist that mandville posted the link to, you can clean and repair your website properly. You may think your website is 'private' but if it is exposed to the web (how else can people or clients reach it), then it can be hacked.

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