Im Checking my 404 stats. What does this mean - GoFuckYourself.com

Alex · 03-31-2005, 07:35 PM

I check all my links and validate most of my pages with the HTML checker. I have little 404's but the ones i do are people looking for different directories.

But lately ive seen a spike in these directories

/forum/
/board/
/phpb22/
/yabb/

And etc.

Is it worth it for me to start a forum?

badmrfrosty · 03-31-2005, 07:42 PM

There was a vulnerability in many open source PHP forums. A worm was created to exploit that vulnerability. That traffic is the worm scanning your web server to see if it is vulnerable.

Have a nice day.

BMF

Alex · 03-31-2005, 07:43 PM

I had some /vbulliten/ seraches
And its on the kind of site that would make sense with a forun. Not a TGP.

xclusive · 03-31-2005, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badmrfrosty

There was a vulnerability in many open source PHP forums. A worm was created to exploit that vulnerability. That traffic is the worm scanning your web server to see if it is vulnerable.

Have a nice day.

BMF

Yup right on the money

badmrfrosty · 03-31-2005, 07:51 PM

Its sad the things I have to know doing what I do for my day job.

BMF

Steen2 · 03-31-2005, 07:52 PM

Me too.

I just guessed it was a spam or hack bot.

Basic_man · 03-31-2005, 07:54 PM

Well man, why not trying ? It takes about 20 mins to setup a PHPBB forum ! Lets make money !

rowan · 04-01-2005, 01:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Basic_man

Well man, why not trying ? It takes about 20 mins to setup a PHPBB forum ! Lets make money !

Worms are automated computer programs, viruses that are able to spread autonomously without someone needing to load a web site or open an email. I don't think you'll get many of them registering for your board.

Kevsh · 04-01-2005, 02:13 AM

The majority of 404s I get are hits on cgi-bin passwd files - of course, I have none there but I get a LOT every day... damn hackers, I don't even have a members or protected area on my site.

tahiti · 04-06-2005, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

I check all my links and validate most of my pages with the HTML checker. I have little 404's but the ones i do are people looking for different directories.

But lately ive seen a spike in these directories

/forum/
/board/
/phpb22/
/yabb/

And etc.

Is it worth it for me to start a forum?

03-31-2005, 07:35 PM	#1
Alex So Fucking Banned (YEA!!) Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 10,963	Im Checking my 404 stats. What does this mean I check all my links and validate most of my pages with the HTML checker. I have little 404's but the ones i do are people looking for different directories. But lately ive seen a spike in these directories /forum/ /board/ /phpb22/ /yabb/ And etc. Is it worth it for me to start a forum? __________________ Care about me? Who? Me! Who?

03-31-2005, 07:43 PM	#3
Alex So Fucking Banned (YEA!!) Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 10,963	I had some /vbulliten/ seraches And its on the kind of site that would make sense with a forun. Not a TGP. __________________ Care about me? Who? Me! Who?

03-31-2005, 07:52 PM	#6
Steen2 Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 7,662	Me too. I just guessed it was a spam or hack bot. __________________ ICQ: 2262.73945

03-31-2005, 07:54 PM	#7
Basic_man Programming King Pin Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Montreal Posts: 27,360	Well man, why not trying ? It takes about 20 mins to setup a PHPBB forum ! Lets make money ! __________________ UUGallery Builder - automated photo/video gallery plugin for Wordpress! Stop looking! Checkout Naked Hosting, online since 1999 !

03-31-2005, 07:42 PM	#2
badmrfrosty Confirmed User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 500	There was a vulnerability in many open source PHP forums. A worm was created to exploit that vulnerability. That traffic is the worm scanning your web server to see if it is vulnerable. Have a nice day. BMF

03-31-2005, 07:51 PM	#5
badmrfrosty Confirmed User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 500	Its sad the things I have to know doing what I do for my day job. BMF

04-01-2005, 02:13 AM	#9
Kevsh Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: TO Posts: 8,619	The majority of 404s I get are hits on cgi-bin passwd files - of course, I have none there but I get a LOT every day... damn hackers, I don't even have a members or protected area on my site.