Billy Posted November 18, 2003 Posted November 18, 2003 has anyone else noticed this? While checking the "referring urls" on the awstats page, I have come across several sites exhibiting strange behavior. Inevitably, the sites will chalk up one referral and one hit. If you click on the link, you'll find a website that has a link to your website, and, if you clicked on it from awstats, it will link to your cpanel port (:2082). The sites are eerily similar. They all load quickly and the graphic design is slick. The topic of each site is focused enough to offer news but broad enough to have significant content, such as news involving airplanes, or news involving education. On one side are "referrals," where your website would be listed. The other side contains links to the latest headlines in the specific topic of the website. here are a few that i found: www.saulem.com www.jennifersblog.com www.wr18.com www.bongohome.com www.kwlablog.com www.akksess.com (ps - none of these sites have pornographic content) I can't think of why someone would do this. Has anybody else seen this? Can anyone enlighten me? Quote
Billy Posted November 18, 2003 Author Posted November 18, 2003 Well, it appears I have answered my own question. But for the good of all! The sites mentioned above :are: afilliated with I AM A SPAMMER sites, although there is no I AM A SPAMMER content on them at all. It turns out that it's an elaborate hoax to increase traffic, and, probably, feed spam. I found a great blog about it - www.idly.org's Nov. 14th entry. Quote
TCH-Dick Posted November 18, 2003 Posted November 18, 2003 Nice find, we have had several members lately worried about these sites having their cpanel username and passwords due to the links shown on their pages. I knew it was just a recent refferer script but I didnt know why all of the sudden there were so many of them. Quote
cmuskett Posted November 18, 2003 Posted November 18, 2003 I just found a few of those referrers in my AWStats too... www.saulem.com www.jennifersblog.com www.kwlablog.com Quote
DarqFlare Posted November 18, 2003 Posted November 18, 2003 (edited) Here are some I've discovered: www.teoras.com www.a-b-l-o-g.com www.saulem.com www.akksess.com I quit when I got to those 4, on just one of my websites. (**I removed the links from this post** - TCH-Lianna) Edited November 19, 2003 by TCH-Lianna Quote
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