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Oops - How the heck did you get here?
Hold it... wait a second. Before you go, I actually should explain what's going on.
My name is Geoff Fox. This is my website and that's my photo on the right.
This website is mostly taken up by my blog. My wife says it's my obsession. Probably.
You've reached this page because you entered a bad link, or clicked on one. If it's the latter, please drop me an email, so I can get it fixed.
This page was originally composed In November 2007 when some nice person came to my site and found a weakness. I really don't know much more than that... except he (hackers are mostly he, but it could be she, I guess) injected some code on the site, adding files to every directory on it. These files created bogus web pages, like the one you might have been looking for when you clicked and found me.
It's tough to know after the fact, but Google says this attack created... you're not going to believe this... over 69,000 pages¹! Seriously.
Like I said, it happened in November. I found out in January.
About 20 minutes after I asked for help, Google removed me from their index. For all intents and purposes, I had disappeared from the Internet like some Politburo member standing next to Stalin!
After cleaning the place out... fumigating my site if you will, Google let me back in.
All those bogus pages will live in Google's index for a while, even though they no longer exist. I'm getting lots and lots of visitors, though most, like you, probably didn't intend to come here... or at least didn't come to read my writing.
So, what is the purpose of this page? Not much. I just wanted to let you know why the game cracks, bootleg software or porn you were really after, isn't here.
You're welcome to stay and look around. This page has links to help you navigate the site. After all, I write my blog to be read.
All the best,
Geoff Fox
¹ - Google kept finding more and more of these pages until the total reached around 330,000! By that time I had fixed the problem and isolated any links that might remain through my robots.txt file. From then on, the number steadily dropped. By the time you read this, hopefully, they're all gone... hopefully.
I came here by mistake as mentioned above :( I don't suppose you know any cheat codes for city driver?
Nope. Those pages were added in spite of me, not because of me. All that content (which was really only links) is long gone.
Most bloggers,(addicts anyway) are furious about being rooted. When you goto their site you often have to slog through a turrets(sp) like diatribe, filled with threats and every four letter word they know. Its refreshing to find someone who is conversational and non confrontational. Nice clean page, good layout, i'm glad i stumbled across this site.
thanks Aug
In the end, this attack forced me to do some needed upgrading. I was pulled, kicking and screaming, to where I actually belonged.
Also, the 'cleansing' process helped me better understand how Google works and how my website works.
My bogus pages seen by Google is now down around 1,000. This era should soon be ending.
Well, hey, I like this page much better than all the other bogus pages I've been to looking for a file I need for my daughter's razr phone :) Thanks for the sense of humor and the explanation...and take a look at the bright side--your hits are through the roof!
Hi,
if you want really want to know - by using the cheat code from google, for example:
(search OR 5earch OR se4rch) intitle:index.of
Try it!
P.S.
I was looking for ( "abby winters" OR abbywinters OR abby_winters) intitle:index.of
Good luck
My hits are up - no doubt. I made around $1.13 today in ads. Retirement is no closer!
Nice to stumble into you. I read your bio and said "This is probably a real nice guy!" It's good to meet the good guys, even if it's only occasionally -- I wish I could find some for friends where I am ... oh well. Perhaps you're thinking "I'm not that nice." Good will counts for a lot, I think, and that's what I felt from you.
Did Google explain to you how to ensure the attack doesn't happen again? Care to explain?
I see you are using Movable Type. So many use Word Press. Was there a strong reason for your choice?
Well, I've stayed up all night on the computer instead of sleeping. Got to stop that. Greetings from the frozen plains of Saskatchewan.
Hi Paul -
Thanks for writing.
I am hoping I'm now protected because I've changed write and execute permissions throughout the site. Could I have missed something? It's possible.
I agree Word Press is the most used blogging software now. It wasn't when this blog went in, July 2003. So, I'm sort of stuck with it.
That being said, it's excellent software and I understand a lot of its nuances.
Hi Geoff
To top up your retirement fund I clicked through on a google ad for you. I admire your patience and thank you for explaining why I landed on your page whilst looking for a keygen crack to a program.
Good luck
Brian
Hi again
This is the google result that led me to your page....
multi batch crack
multi batch crack, webcam watcher keygen, clazomenae, hltv download free, ... free v3 subsidy password, klic-n-kut studio software, luxor fuul ...
www.geofffox.com/MT/archives/multi-batch-crack.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages
Brian - I appreciate your kind thoughts. But, please, don't click on the ads as a favor. Google covers my hosting, which is great. We run a legit house.
Anyway, I already drive a Benz (actually, that's true).
my google search for:
tiga gold intitle:"index.of" "parent directory" "size" "last modified" "description" [snd] (mp4|mp3|avi|flac|aac|ape|ogg) -inurl:(jsp|php|html|aspx|htm|cf|shtml|lyrics-realm|mp3-collection) -site:.info
and i am here :)
All best to you, and your family.
Dude - you've got search skills!
Thanks for checking in from Serbia.
Hey,
pleasant surprise from the usual porn sites the internet redirects me too...
i read some of your stuff...
maybe one day i'll get accidentally redirected here again... until then...
Bye