nancy Posted March 21, 2004 Posted March 21, 2004 I've had my site up for about three months and follow the statistics from time to time through cpanel. Recently, in addition to all the pages I recognize (my index.html, contacts.html, etc.) I've been getting visits to /cgi-sys/formmail.pl (four viewers entered and exited there?) What is it? Thanks. Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted March 21, 2004 Posted March 21, 2004 (edited) Spammers are testing your cgi-bin folder to see if you have "formmail.pl" installed on your site which they could potentially use to send email. "formmail.pl" is a mailing script that was designed to process forms. If you don't have it in your cgi-bin folder you have no cause for concern. If you do have it, I would recommend removing it and installing the Ultimate Form Mail script. Edited March 21, 2004 by TCH-Bruce Quote
nancy Posted March 22, 2004 Author Posted March 22, 2004 Thanks Bruce and Robert. I just checked my cgi-bin folder and there doesn't seem to be anything in it - so I guess I'm fine. So much to learn! Quote
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