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fraud link 500 error (3 posts)

  1. djsteve
    Member
    Posted 16 years ago #

    I got an email today complaining about a fraudulent page on my MU.. looking at the web server through ftp I see no page there, so I am wondering if this site has been hacked or was it just handling 500 errors wrong..

    the link was - myMUsite.com/wp-content/anothersite.co.uk/index.php

    I guess it caused a 500 internal server error somehow, and firefox sprung a warning possible spoof message.

    I have now created a custom 500 error page and directed that to another server which seems to make the problem go away.. I think... is this normal?

    I saved a temporary screenshot of the error page if anyone wants to see it..

  2. andrea_r
    Moderator
    Posted 16 years ago #

    Yes, normal. If one of your bloggers posted a bad link (bad as in malformed) it would do that.

  3. djsteve
    Member
    Posted 16 years ago #

    Thank you Andrea!

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