{"id":23948,"date":"2011-08-31T07:29:39","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T12:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=23948"},"modified":"2011-08-31T07:29:39","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T12:29:39","slug":"bob-rankin-how-i-got-hacked-why-you-must-have-a-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/bob-rankin-how-i-got-hacked-why-you-must-have-a-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Rankin: How I Got Hacked&#8230; &#038; Why You MUST Have a Backup!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20100914bobrankinlarge.jpg\" alt=\"askleo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7652 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Bob Rankin<\/p>\n<p>Last week I heard from a friend who thought she might have been infected by a virus. When she visited her own website, it was redirecting her to another web address. It sounded like a simple Javascript redirect, so I assumed it would be safe to visit her site and see where the problem was. Turns out that was a BIG mistake! Find out what happened to my computer, and how I finally managed to recover from the damage&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>Are You Vulnerable to Drive-By Malware?<\/h3>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the executive summary: If your friend says &#8220;I think my website has a virus, and is redirecting to a russian porn site&#8221; &#8212; don&#8217;t assume your anti-virus software and fully updated operating system will protect you when you go to have a look-see. I did, and it took me about 8 hours to clean up the damage. But there are some valuable lessons to be learned here, so I hope you&#8217;ll read on.<\/p>\n<p>I always knew there was a slight chance that I could get a virus, because of the &#8220;arms race&#8221; that exists between the Evil Hackers and the Good Guys who provide anti-virus software. 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My anti-virus program caught and quarantined one attack, but didn&#8217;t fully protect me.<\/p>\n<h3><b><a href=\"http:\/\/askbobrankin.com\/how_i_got_hacked_and_why_you_must_have_a_backup.html\" target=\"_blank\">Article continued here:<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<p>This excerpt is shared with permission from Bob Rankin.<\/p>\n<p><b>BOB&#8217;S WORLD<\/b><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.InternetTourbus.com?pcp\" target=\"_blank\">Internet Tourbus -> Free Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.AskBobRankin.com?pcp\" target=\"_blank\">Ask Bob Rankin    -> Tech Support<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20100914bobrankinlarge.jpg\" alt=\"bobr\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7167 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last week I heard from a friend who thought she might have been infected by a virus. When she visited her own website, it was redirecting her to another web address. It sounded like a simple Javascript redirect, so I assumed it would be safe to visit her site and see where the problem was. Turns out that was a BIG mistake! 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