Killingtonblog.com back on the web

Killingtonblog.com back on the web

Killingtonblog.com is back online.

To host the blog, I use Network Solutions as my Internet Hosting Service Provider. Network Solutions experienced a major service disruption over the last several days which saw many sites they host, including Killingtonblog.com, attacked at the server and overwritten with malicious code.

The first indication that there was something wrong occurred when Google gave out messages that "Killingtonblog.com may harm your computer" when people searched for it (or had their browsers set to display a security warning if visiting web sites which could cause damage to your computer).

Evidently someone, or organization, hacked into Network Solutions servers and injected nefarious software on an undetermined number of websites. News reports on the web are reporting anywhere from 50 to "Thousands" of web sites hosted by Network Solutions were hacked. From about 6:00 PM on last night until ~2:30PM this afternoon, all access to Killingtonblog.com was turned off by Network Solutions while they worked the problem with their servers.

A big thanks to multiple people who sent me emails about this problem. I found out about the problem in mid morning on Wednesday. Unfortunately, at that point, I could not do anything about it as I was on the eight hole at Green Mountain National Golf Course(which was supposed to be todays blog post). But it did set my work agenda for last night and this morning.

The good news is the web site is now back online after Network Solutions purged the malicious code. The bad news is that I now need to deal with Google to get the warning message removed. So it goes.....

Think Spring!