I think my sites been hacked!

  • Resolved Creation Odyssey

    (@creation-odyssey)


    9 years, 6 months ago

    So I was looking at my page views via google analytics and there are porn sites listed as my page views! Have I been hacked and if so how on earth do I fix this?

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  • Do the pages exist on your site? In other words, when you follow one of the links what does the server header show 200 or 404?

    Thread Starter Creation Odyssey

    (@creation-odyssey)

    It goes to my site with and a page says “oops! That page can’t be found. So I think that’s my 404 page?

    It’s called Referrer Spam. Google it if you want to learn more. Your site is not causing this to happen.

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    try scanning your site for malware etc.:
    https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/

    @tara why should he scan his site when he gets a 404 error? It seems pretty clear to me that it is referrer spam and the links do not exist on the site?

    Thread Starter Creation Odyssey

    (@creation-odyssey)

    Well just in case I scanned it and there is no malware detected. How do you protect your site from referrer spam? The coding I found was a little over my head. Does anyone know of a good plugin?

    Like I said, there is nothing wrong with your site. There is no need for a plugin.

    Did you Google for Referrer Spam?

    Thread Starter Creation Odyssey

    (@creation-odyssey)

    Thank you both I went through and excluded the site on my google analytics. When I was researching referrer spam that was the easiest solution I found. Hopefully this cleans up the mess for now.

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