elektrizitat ([info]elektrizitat) wrote,
@ 2008-12-18 20:07:00
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what the heck - Google link to my website going to a malware site instead
Ok, so I have a little website - http://www.gestalt-media.com/
Nothing special - just a little online home for stuff I'm working on - most of which isn't public and for friends or family. No big deal.

Today my brother forgot the exact address and did a search on Google (he searched on "Dan LaValley gestalt") and it came right up as the first hit. In fact, here are the results:
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=dan+lavalley+gestalt&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f

He clicks on the link, but instead of going to my website, it takes him to a malware website - http://onlinemalwarescanner.com/ . The same thing happens in Yahoo. If you go to it directly by typing http://www.gestalt-media.com/ into your browser it works just fine. The link from my LJ profile works just fine. All other similar links provided by Google also go to the malware site.

This isn't a huge deal because I have maybe 2 people who go to the site.. but it's still perplexing and irritating. Anyone have any idea as to what it going on here?



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[info]nulldevice
2008-12-19 02:44 pm UTC (link)
Check your WHOIS and DNS records. You may have been pharmed.

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[info]elektrizitat
2008-12-19 02:55 pm UTC (link)
I thought it might be something regarding the DNS record, but I had no clue how the heck this could have happened. Why would going to gestalt-media.com through Google go to the malware site, but going to it directly in your browser work correctly? I have reached the limit of my sparse knowledge in this area... thanks for the tip!

Edited at 2008-12-19 03:29 pm UTC

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[info]nulldevice
2008-12-19 03:30 pm UTC (link)
Probably wouldn't hurt to check if you've got a google redierct trojan, either.

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