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Malware warningroad.cc malware alerts: what happened
Some of you contacted us this evening to let us know about malware warnings on the site. We've been investigating the problem, and here's what we've found out...
So, what happened?
Somebody utilised a back door in one of the scripts in our ad serving platform, and used it to add a javascript call to some of the banner ads on the site. The call was to a malware site.
What are you doing about it?
We've deleted the offending scripts and we'll be doing a clean install of our ad serving software from the newest available version to make sure that any known vulnerabilities are removed. In the meantime we've set up processes to check for any new scripts being added, and remove them immediately.
Is my personal data safe?
Yes - the ad database is separate from the site database, and to be on the safe side we've changed all the back-end passwords site-wide.
Why am I still getting malware warnings?
Google is constantly spidering websites collecting information - those spiders will have flagged up the attempted malware attack on road.cc to Google as it happened yesterday. Even though we were instantly aware of the attack and removed the rogue script that flag will automatically appear on Google searches to this site and will have been picked up by browser security setting particularly those for Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari. We have asked Google to review and remove its warning about the site because road.cc is NOT infected with malware. For now all we can do is wait for Google to review the site at which point those malware warnings will stop. Be assured that we take the security of this site very seriously and will continue to do so.
What should I do if I get another malware warning on road.cc?
Email us at info [at] road.cc and let us know, giving as much info as possible.
Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.
Latest Comments
- GMBasix 6 min 1 sec ago
It also needs some better communication from DVSA about the changes. Very few drivers seem to know about them or care to follow them.
- wtjs 12 min 12 sec ago
I think you're both wrong- this post is so bad that it's not even one of the standard trolls, it's a troll mocking the opinions he claims to...
- Sredlums 42 min 40 sec ago
"ruin the wax on a molecular level"...
- chrisonabike 44 min 28 sec ago
I'm gonna guess something like "front wheel skids always throw you off but not rear wheel ones"......
- hawkinspeter 55 min 22 sec ago
How can that possibly not be a deliberate decision?...
- JMcL_Ireland 55 min 25 sec ago
SBS in Australia. They have the Tour, Vuelta, Giro, and a bunch of other races - all free and live. I think they do catch-up as well
- jayinjapants 4 hours 25 min ago
Mine takes 38s but the clearance on the front derailleur is rather tight.
- Simmo72 10 hours 32 min ago
TNT can sit on my seatpost and swivel. Not giving a penny to the vile bean counters.
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The web still has ads?
Tony, FYI I have just been confronted by Facebook's alert mentioned above by Gkam84.
The good news is Google has stopped flagging the site so hopefully we can all get back to the usual stuff of talking about bikes, and riding in all their various forms
I tried to get in this morning to add Oliver Zaugg and Dan Martin to my fantasy league team but was blocked. Anyone know how they got on?
Switch the google tracking off in your browser settings. They aren't trustworthy and - like on road.cc - usually only flag mainstream sites after the problem has been fixed. Just keep your antivirus and intrusion detector up to date!
Nah i think i'll leave my browser settings as they are, they are there for a reason
As for anti virus and intrusion software, i've yet to find one that works for me, being a techy i'm quite happy to run my systems without it and haven't used anti virus for around 12 years
Two reasons in fact: security theatre and big brother!
Ah ha, that explains why i can't get from your facebook links to, just get a security warning from there aswell
Yes, I only got it a little while ago myself when I quit out of Safari and then turned it on again. I've just added a bit to the original story about why that is happening - basically it's the security settings in your browser picking up the flag from Google - they all link back to that Google message.
As Dave says above, we've asked Google to review the flag and we're confident that when they do it will be removed.
I just wish they'd hurry up
Didn't have it before but I just got it now.
I always knew you guys were up to something. You'll be telling me to put my road shoes in the freezer next....tsk tsk!
that may be because google has picked up the infected pages and is marking them as attacked; we've requested a review of that.
I just got it again this second, its 5.34am GMT
Every different section, News, Forum......etc gives me another one