Yakezie.com - Topic: Beware of pingbacks to Maleware sites https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/ Simple:Press Version 4.5.1 Money Reasons on Beware of pingbacks to Maleware sites https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19546 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19546 Dana - Not Made of Money said:

I turned off my pingbacks a while back exactly because of this.  However, it meant that I didn't always find out about the feed stealers as quickly so it's taken longer to find them and deal with them (DMCA).

I've never heard of using DMCA, does that work?  If so, please share your experiences with that process, if you haven't already!  I've just started to notice that other sites have started to steal my site info.  I've started linking back to myself more because I figure if they are going to steal my content, why not get some link juice back...

 

 

]]> Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:05:01 +0000 Money Reasons on Beware of pingbacks to Maleware sites https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19545 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19545 NarrowBridge said:

I have been thinking about just turning off pingbacks, but I don't want to keep links from Yakezie folks.

Yeah me too.  It very easy to turn them off, but I also like to know when a site has linked to me.  I have google alerts set, but that system doesn't catch them all consistently.

 

Catch 22

]]> Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:01:38 +0000 Money Reasons on Beware of pingbacks to Maleware sites https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19544 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19544 KNS Financial said:

Yeah, I've noticed a lot of this lately. I am always skeptical, so if it doesn't look or seem right, I just delete it without even checking it out. 

Especially if it's on an old post and the surrounding text seems like spam.

I agree, that's the best course of action to choose!  I've noticed a lot of these sites end with .info or .biz or something similar.  I still check them out, but most of the time they are bogus.

 

 

]]> Sat, 09 Apr 2011 07:59:38 +0000 Money Reasons on Beware of pingbacks to Maleware sites https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19542 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19542 HappySimpleLiving said:

I had no idea - thanks for sharing this tip. Can you believe how much vigilance it takes to protect a blog from all the rotten hackers, trojans, spys, hijackers, malware, etc.? Don't get me started...

It's a pain, that's for sure!

 

I got nervous, so I went and did a restore on my workstation from an earlier point in time, and then ran the antivirus scan again.

 

There's always something new with the internet, sometimes good and sometimes bad...

]]> Sat, 09 Apr 2011 07:57:12 +0000 Dana on Beware of pingbacks to Maleware sites https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19461 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19461 I turned off my pingbacks a while back exactly because of this.  However, it meant that I didn't always find out about the feed stealers as quickly so it's taken longer to find them and deal with them (DMCA).

]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:37:05 +0000 Eric - PersonalProfitability.com on Beware of pingbacks to Maleware sites https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19455 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19455 I have been thinking about just turning off pingbacks, but I don't want to keep links from Yakezie folks.

]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:24:28 +0000 Buy Like Buffett on Beware of pingbacks to Maleware sites https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19445 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19445 There are more popping up everyday.

]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:54:51 +0000 Khaleef @ KNS Financial on Beware of pingbacks to Maleware sites https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19439 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19439 Yeah, I've noticed a lot of this lately. I am always skeptical, so if it doesn't look or seem right, I just delete it without even checking it out. 

Especially if it's on an old post and the surrounding text seems like spam.

]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:07:21 +0000 moneycone on Beware of pingbacks to Maleware sites https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19437 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19437 These shady urls seem to be on the rise lately. 

]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:57:41 +0000 financialstudent on Beware of pingbacks to Maleware sites https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19434 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19434 This is why I love having a Mac! Of course that doesn't help my readers, but I usually check out pingbacks/comment URLs that look sketch.

]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:26:27 +0000 Eliza Cross on Beware of pingbacks to Maleware sites https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19426 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19426 I had no idea - thanks for sharing this tip. Can you believe how much vigilance it takes to protect a blog from all the rotten hackers, trojans, spys, hijackers, malware, etc.? Don't get me started...

]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:40:11 +0000 Derek@LifeAndMyFinances on Beware of pingbacks to Maleware sites https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19423 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19423 Yikes! Thank for the heads-up Money Reasons!

]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:36:59 +0000 Money Reasons on Beware of pingbacks to Maleware sites https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19420 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/beware-of-pingbacks-to-maleware-sites/#p19420 Okay, unfortunately I have a few sites that are now mirroring my content too.

 

Today I got a pingback on a site that I didn't recognize, so when I clicked it, it was fairly empty.  I think I liked on contact us just to see if it was empty too.  And then my antivirus software popped up a maleware detected message!!!

 

If I had just approved this pingback, I would have funneled my readers to a site that would have installed maleware on their machines! 

 

So be careful with approving pingback unless you know and trust the site first.  Or at least check it out

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