Comments on: WordPress Authentication Issue – Or Magic Hack?

By: hack

hack — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:20:51 +0000

thank you very much…

By: jack

jack — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:03:33 +0000

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Looking Back (Demurely) Over A Quarter Million Page Views « a blind flaneur — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:45:46 +0000

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By: Nico

Nico — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:09:28 +0000

I noticed my URL structure has changed also from long file names to page numbers which is crap for SEO.

By: Almog Koren

Almog Koren — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:47:59 +0000

Hi I just got this issues I can’t upgrade at this point does anyone know how to solve this also how do I check for hidden links?

If some can email it would really help out.

Thanks
Almog

By: Nichelle

Nichelle — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:47:44 +0000

Thanks Mark! I did check with Bluehost and was initially told it may be spyware on my computer (but I have a Mac and did a MacScan – nope!) When I responded, I was told that the first technician was incorrect, that the authentication from WebMail was valid – not sure why I could cancel and still reset my password then, however… But anyway, that’s the story. I have been following the thread on wp.org and I think you’ll find my desperate pleas are the last comments at the moment.

Anyway, thanks for the kind words on the site. The theme is StudioPress’s Church theme (with only cosmetic changes, really) — highly recommend!

Cheers!
Nichelle

By: Mark Willis

Mark Willis — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:49:55 +0000

Nichelle,

I had the same problem with invisible links inserted into the footer. I deleted them from footer.php, and with your warning, I’ll watch to see if they return. I haven’t read the WordPress support forum referenced above in about a week, so I need to get back to it to see what folks are doing now. It’s been the best source of trouble-shooting ideas that I’ve found on this problem.

Thanks for the tip[ about Bluehost webmail. I don’t use it, butt need to. You might try calling Bluehost support about it, although I;ve had mixed results trying to talk to them.

I visited your site briefly. Looks great! What is the theme?

Fight the good fight,
Mark

By: Nichelle

Nichelle — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:49:06 +0000

I encountered the issue and all seemed fine after upgrading and removing code from my plugins. However, I discovered additional code added to my footer, deleted it, and more was inserted later. I believe that this is perhaps what Xavier is mentioning?? The added code seems like additional spam-type links. Is this going to affect my google ranking somehow? If you find out how to get rid of this problem, I’d love to know.

By the way, my vars.php file seemed okay. I also use bluehost. And, I encountered a similar authentication box (which I managed to cancel without entering anything) when using their webmail program. Coincidence? Unsure. Anyway, thanks for posting on this issue!!

By: Mark Willis

Mark Willis — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:25:23 +0000

Thanks for the heads-up, Xavier. I’ll check out Googlebot tools
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googlebot

By: Xavier

Xavier — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:42:08 +0000

I encountered this issue and updated to v2.82, the blog seems fine but actually not, there are 500+ outgoing links added at the end of my page, they are invisible but googlebot can see them.