Hi there!
I've found viruses on two websites I've made. I made them more than 2 yrs ago for my two friends, there was no problem at all so far. I am using a Mac so basically pc viruses can not infect my computer. I downloaded MacScan to scan my machine though, but it showed I'm clean.
The first thing I noticed on the website, that it was a gap on the top of the index page so the whole thing slided down a bit. It was weird for me, so i downloaded and opened index.html with Dreamweaver and I realised a code in html right after the body tag embedded in script tags. I can give a link to the virus code - if i can do that - in rtf file to show you. I'm not sure if i'm allowed to copy and paste it here, so i don't do that.
Both sites are hosted by the same company. I sent a mail to them to ask for help, but they say it's not their responsibility and those viruses infect sites which aren't coded properly... (that helped me a lot, lol.)
So I removed the code, saved and uploaded the index.html, but after 2 days it was there again. Deleted it, uploaded it, but same thing happened, it came back. I've also heard, that these viruses can steal the ftp logon information, that's why they can come back over and over again. I think the hosting company should scan the server for viruses.... I'm not an expert in viruses, so i need help, how to get rid of them. Should i ask for new ftp password? I don't think it would solve it, the problem would come back again.
Thanks in advance!
I've found viruses on two websites I've made. I made them more than 2 yrs ago for my two friends, there was no problem at all so far. I am using a Mac so basically pc viruses can not infect my computer. I downloaded MacScan to scan my machine though, but it showed I'm clean.
The first thing I noticed on the website, that it was a gap on the top of the index page so the whole thing slided down a bit. It was weird for me, so i downloaded and opened index.html with Dreamweaver and I realised a code in html right after the body tag embedded in script tags. I can give a link to the virus code - if i can do that - in rtf file to show you. I'm not sure if i'm allowed to copy and paste it here, so i don't do that.
Both sites are hosted by the same company. I sent a mail to them to ask for help, but they say it's not their responsibility and those viruses infect sites which aren't coded properly... (that helped me a lot, lol.)
So I removed the code, saved and uploaded the index.html, but after 2 days it was there again. Deleted it, uploaded it, but same thing happened, it came back. I've also heard, that these viruses can steal the ftp logon information, that's why they can come back over and over again. I think the hosting company should scan the server for viruses.... I'm not an expert in viruses, so i need help, how to get rid of them. Should i ask for new ftp password? I don't think it would solve it, the problem would come back again.
Thanks in advance!