I think I've been hacked or something

Hi,

I hope this is the right place for this problem. I think someone or something has changed and it appears redirected my site's main url. I fetched the page as a googlebot and got the following:
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:33:32 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS) mod_ssl/2.2.15 0.9.8l DAV/2 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.13
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=c3ublesb98l44rtvbthpm6crt0; path=/
Last-Modified: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:33:32 GMT
Location: /toefl-ibt-books/
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Encoding: gzip
Content-Length: 20
Keep-Alive: timeout=10, max=30
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: text/html

All of a sudden my main url started going to http://www.toeflpages.com/toefl-books/
I've spent ages trying to figure it out, but I'm no expert. Can anyone help, please?
My main url is toeflpages.com
Thanks
Neil

 

What is in the toefl-books subfolder? Did you create that?

 

Hi WindowsGuru,

Yes, I created a page with the url /toefl-books/. I created this page just like I created my other pages and I've never had a problem until now.
I checked my static page settings and all normal. It's driving me crazy.
Where would I find the toefl-books subfolder? I'm searching my server for a possible solution, but no luck.

 

Are you on shared hosting, dedicated, or?

FTP to your site and browse to the /toefl-books/ subfolder to view/access the contents.

Since you are on Linux I would also check the web root (/) for .htaccess file and inspect it for any redirects etc.

 

I'm not sure if my server is shared. I'm using wordpress but I pay for hosting on bluehost.
I'm in ftp programme now, but I can't find anything to do with toefl-books and the .htaccess file is almost blank

 

Have you opened at ticket with BlueHost yet?

 

No, I haven't contacted them yet. Is that the way forward?
I appreciate your time.

 

Yes for now. I would open a ticket/give them a call and see what they say.

 

Thanks WindowsGuru,

I've opened a ticket. Fingers crossed.

Best wishes
Neil

 

Dont use shared hostings

 

It doesn't matter what kind of hosting you utilize if your web application has vulnerabilities.

 

It doesnt metter the application ONLY

 

Okay, I guess you may have a point, if you use a mom and pop shared hosting company or something that doesn't know how to run their shared hosting infrastructure.

All the hosting companies I deal with have security locked down on their shared hosting infrastructure.

 

Not sure what problem you think you're having but your site works fine and the folder you say you can't find is listed in your sitemap. :/

http://www.toeflpages.com/toefl-books/

 

Hi all,

I want to update you. I found the problem. It was a plugin called redirection. I hadn't configured it to redirect the problem page, but somehow it did. Anyway, I uninstalled it and everything is working fine.
Thanks for all your replies and help.