[pchelpers] Re: News: Google Ads hacked by Trojan software

Susan wrote:
> There was only one page on my entire site that was affected, and that
> page was a guestbook hosted by a third party, in this case Lycos.    I
> just disabled the guestbook for now.  I do have google ads on other
> pages but they are all text ads and there doesn't seem to be a problem
> with any of them.  Lycos, however, puts animated ads on any pages they
> host and that's where the problem seems to originate.  Contacting Lycos
> is a lost cause, in my opinion.  I've had lots of problems with them in
> the past and maybe after a few years they might fix the problem.
> 
> 
> Susan
While that may be so, it seems likely that the server is infected. That 
may mean other users on that server are affected too. Lycos may not be 
the source of this problem, so it remains to suggest that that the 
hosting service be contacted about the issue to alert them to the 
situation and request a scan. The same action may benefit other users on 
that service as well.

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