Stu McLaren’s Blog Gets Infected by Hackers
June 26, 2008
In my previous post “Bandwidth Limit Exceeded” I explained my frustration at being emailed a “not to be missed offer” but then unable to view the site due to the website exceeding its bandwidth!
Well in an attempt to contact the sender of the email, well known Internet Marketer Stu McLaren, I headed straight over to his blog.
http://myideaguy.com/blog/ (DO NOT GO THERE)
BUT I WAS IN FOR A SURPRISE…
A few moments after visiting the section:
http://myideaguy.com/blog/category/products/ (DO NOT GO THERE)
My installation of Kaspersky Security Suite ALERTED me to a TROJAN infection trying to infect my computer!!!
The culprit was: Trojan-Downloader.HTML.Agent.is
…a well known WordPress iFrame exploit, something perhaps Stu should have been alert to as his installation of WordPress is obviously insecure (a quick inspection revealed he is using version 2.3.3 INSTEAD of the latest version 2.5.1). Ignorance in business is no excuse when your customers are at risk 
Drive-by downloads like this are an increasingly common way to infect a computer or steal sensitive information.
They usually consist of malicious programs that automatically install when a potential victim visits a booby-trapped website like Stu’s currently is.
Increasingly, criminals are using these drive-bys to install “keyloggers” that steal login and password information. Other pieces of malicious code hijack a computer turning it into a “bot”, a remotely controlled computer that can be controlled remotely without the owners knowledge.
Grim, I know but a reality on the Internet today.
The moral here is: If you have a WordPress blog SECURE it. If you are using the Internet make sure you have protection!
As for Stu McLaren’s blog… I have no idea how many of his website visitors have been infected but I guess I will not be going back there for a while…
Kind Regards
Marc Liron
SiteBuildIt Pro
www.marcliron.co.uk
Bandwidth Limit Exceeded
June 26, 2008
Just received a “promotional email” from Internet Marketers Russell Brunson & Stu McLaren.
I have purchased a $1,500 USD course from them in the past and so I trust them.
However the email was a little on the hype side that you see so often these days…
It started out like this:
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Dear Marc,
The “word” is spreading… unbelievably fast.
It’s all thanks to a powerful traffic tool.
Facebook’s growth is almost entirely thanks to this process.
Our good friend Jermaine Griggs used a
similar technique and built an enormous piano community of over 200,000 people.
Mike Filsaime used this exact tool with his recent product launch and had over 150,000 invites go out…
…within the FIRST WEEK!
http://www.myideaguy.net/e/viralinviter
Click the link above and you’ll see a
complete video of how it works plus a whole bunch of screen shots.
(snipped here.)
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When I first clicked the link it took ages for the page to start to show and then just “hung” and stayed like this for 5 mins…
To my horror when I click the link AGAIN in frustration I get a page with a “509 Error”
…and the following message:
Bandwidth Limit Exceeded
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.
Bandwidth Limit Exceeded????
How, in today’s world of cheap bandwidth, can this happen to ANY online marketer?
Was this some low cost hosting account???
In an instant ALL credibility was LOST. “poof” …GONE!
Fortunately this will not occur on any SiteBuildIt website due to the world class hosting arrangement they have in place and the “no limit” bandwidth facility for each small business website hosted with them!
Kind Regards
Marc Liron
SiteBuildIt Pro
www.marcliron.co.uk
