SereneScreen Google search hacked? - Page 2

Jav400 · 03-25-2010, 11:47 AM

Do you want me to mention Bing or just keep my mouth shut?

Jim Sachs · 03-25-2010, 02:37 PM

The problem was in the Prolific servers, not with the search engines. They were just reporting what they had found there. It's been fixed, but apparently Bing's searchbots are not as fast as Google's in updating sites.

Dale · 03-25-2010, 06:19 PM

About Funnyfish

Funnyfish.jpg

Jim Sachs · 03-26-2010, 09:46 AM

I guess I must again waste some more valuable time and repeat that I have never seen Funnyfish, and know nothing about it. Prolific probably thanked me for bringing the whole concept of doing screensavers to them, and giving them the code framework that they were based on.

feldon34 · 03-26-2010, 11:22 AM

Every discussion you've ever started or participated in about the artistic integrity of the aquarium has always trodden upon familiar ground -- your fear that someone would add whimsical fish, gaudy backgrounds, and silly sound effects.

Something tells me when you found out about this product, it was an "Et tu, Brute?" moment.

feldon34 · 04-07-2010, 06:42 PM

SereneScreen.com has been hacked again.

Socrates · 04-07-2010, 07:56 PM

Yeah, I stupidly clicke the funnyish link and noticed the hack. Plus, run a virus scan if you wnet there today. It tried to run a background process on me, but I cut it off at the pass.

Rick Simon · 04-07-2010, 08:07 PM

Originally posted by feldon34:

SereneScreen.com has been hacked again.

I feel for the folks at Prolific. Looks like they either did not completely clean up the last problem, or didn't find and close the hole that is being used to compromise their server(s?). I do note that they are running Apache 2.2.8 and PHP 5.2.12 which are both somewhat behind the latest stable releases (Apache 2.2.15 & PHP 5.3.2). It's impossible to say if that is the problem though.

Rick Simon · 04-07-2010, 08:13 PM

Originally posted by Socrates:

Yeah, I stupidly clicke the funnyish link and noticed the hack. Plus, run a virus scan if you wnet there today. It tried to run a background process on me, but I cut it off at the pass.

Background process? They're using javascript to write the web page using hexadecimal encoding. I grabbed a copy of the raw data and decoded it. Looks like a pretty standard html page with text and one reference to the joke picture they are using:

http://www.commodore.ca/misc/jokes/L...-Microsoft.jpg

03-25-2010, 11:47 AM	#21
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	Do you want me to mention Bing or just keep my mouth shut? Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

03-25-2010, 02:37 PM	#22
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,787	The problem was in the Prolific servers, not with the search engines. They were just reporting what they had found there. It's been fixed, but apparently Bing's searchbots are not as fast as Google's in updating sites. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

03-25-2010, 06:19 PM	#23
Dale Banned Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Western Missouri Posts: 960	About Funnyfish Funnyfish.jpg Last edited by Dale; 03-25-2010 at 08:04 PM.

03-26-2010, 09:46 AM	#24
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,787	I guess I must again waste some more valuable time and repeat that I have never seen Funnyfish, and know nothing about it. Prolific probably thanked me for bringing the whole concept of doing screensavers to them, and giving them the code framework that they were based on. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

03-26-2010, 11:22 AM	#25
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	Every discussion you've ever started or participated in about the artistic integrity of the aquarium has always trodden upon familiar ground -- your fear that someone would add whimsical fish, gaudy backgrounds, and silly sound effects. Something tells me when you found out about this product, it was an "Et tu, Brute?" moment. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

04-07-2010, 06:42 PM	#26
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	SereneScreen.com has been hacked again. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

04-07-2010, 07:56 PM	#27
Socrates Sage Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: West Hills, CA Posts: 1,529	Yeah, I stupidly clicke the funnyish link and noticed the hack. Plus, run a virus scan if you wnet there today. It tried to run a background process on me, but I cut it off at the pass. Bat rays? We don't need no stinking bat rays!

04-07-2010, 08:07 PM	#28
Rick Simon Registered Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 93	Originally posted by feldon34: SereneScreen.com has been hacked again. I feel for the folks at Prolific. Looks like they either did not completely clean up the last problem, or didn't find and close the hole that is being used to compromise their server(s?). I do note that they are running Apache 2.2.8 and PHP 5.2.12 which are both somewhat behind the latest stable releases (Apache 2.2.15 & PHP 5.3.2). It's impossible to say if that is the problem though.

04-07-2010, 08:13 PM	#29
Rick Simon Registered Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 93	Originally posted by Socrates: Yeah, I stupidly clicke the funnyish link and noticed the hack. Plus, run a virus scan if you wnet there today. It tried to run a background process on me, but I cut it off at the pass. Background process? They're using javascript to write the web page using hexadecimal encoding. I grabbed a copy of the raw data and decoded it. Looks like a pretty standard html page with text and one reference to the joke picture they are using: http://www.commodore.ca/misc/jokes/L...-Microsoft.jpg