Cosatu Website gets Google Warning

Google those evil counter-revolutionaries.

Not only is Cosatu trying to harm the economy now they will infect your PC to :)
 
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Reported Attack Site!













This web site at www.cosatu.org.za has been reported as an attack site and has been blocked based on your security preferences.










Attack sites try to install programs that steal private information, use your computer to attack others, or damage your system.

Some attack sites intentionally distribute harmful software, but many are compromised without the knowledge or permission of their owners
 
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Diagnostic page for cosatu.org.za

What is the current listing status for cosatu.org.za?

Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.

Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 2 time(s) over the past 90 days.

What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 7 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 3 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2009-06-22, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2009-06-18.

Malicious software includes 6 trojan(s), 6 exploit(s), 5 scripting exploit(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 1 new process(es) on the target machine.

Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including chura.pl/.

This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS5713 (SAIX).

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?

Over the past 90 days, cosatu.org.za did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites.

Has this site hosted malware?

No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.

How did this happen?

In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message.

Next steps:

* Return to the previous page.
* If you are the owner of this web site, you can request a review of your site using Google Webmaster Tools. More information about the review process is available in Google's Webmaster Help Center.
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Ag shame.... :D
 
someone didn't load all the security fixes on the server......
 
Ok, I know what the problem is as our site had a similar problem last month, but luckily I fixed it before it got out of hand.

It's a malicious script that is hidden in items like 'free flash banners' and crap like that people like to use on their websites (yes I am guilty too).

Anyway, the script hacks into your php files - mainly index.php and login.php (joomla, oscommerce etc) and basically is flagged by Firefox, chrome and antivirus software.

Only way to remove it is to FTP down your site, use a search and replace app to search all the php files infected with the script and manually remove each line of the code.

It's probably not Cosatu's fault, just poor web programing from their IT dude..

Eish

Moral of the story ' if it's free it's too good to be true'
 
Balstrome said:
No you would underprice yourself at normal rates, which is not the way they work.
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Plus you must be family of someone high up AND have BEE-accreditation. That way you can ask 5-times the going rate too.

The ability to design websites and do the actual work will be "an advantage" :) [after all other requirements are met]
 
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