Google Getting Hijacked
October 16, 2008 8:51 AM Subscribe
Let's do an experiment. Do a Google search for: north beach sushi. The link titled: "Sushi on North Beach" claims to go to www.northbeachsushi.com (this link works) but if you click the link through Google, it redirects you to this spam site: http://royalproscan.com/2009/1/_freescan.php?id=880147
This is not an isolated incident. Something is stinking up Google's local search. Namely, hijacking through the Google Local community edit feature. And now those results are creeping into the main search results. As of yet, Google has done nothing to fix the issue.
This is not an isolated incident. Something is stinking up Google's local search. Namely, hijacking through the Google Local community edit feature. And now those results are creeping into the main search results. As of yet, Google has done nothing to fix the issue.
This post was deleted for the following reason: If this is a post worth making, there's got to be a way to do it without linking to stuff that's suffering from a redirects hijack. -- cortex
actually, your second link goes to the same place...
interesting...
posted by HuronBob at 8:56 AM on October 16, 2008
interesting...
posted by HuronBob at 8:56 AM on October 16, 2008
Actually, it wouldn't have if you clicked it first. I did, and it went to the right site. Then I clicked the Google link, then clicked the second link again, and it redirected.
posted by middleclasstool at 8:59 AM on October 16, 2008
posted by middleclasstool at 8:59 AM on October 16, 2008
(That was for Bob)
posted by middleclasstool at 8:59 AM on October 16, 2008
posted by middleclasstool at 8:59 AM on October 16, 2008
Huh? Isn't this the northbeachsushi.com server returning a redirect when the referrer is Google?
posted by Combustible Edison Lighthouse at 9:00 AM on October 16, 2008
posted by Combustible Edison Lighthouse at 9:00 AM on October 16, 2008
Whoa. You windows folks be careful clicking on the spam link. It will try and install something on your machine.
posted by procrastination at 9:00 AM on October 16, 2008
posted by procrastination at 9:00 AM on October 16, 2008
This is just a referer-checking domain hijack, no? (Which appears to have skipped doing the referer check altogether now.) And I'm failing to see the connection to the Google Local issue.
Is intentionally linking to malware sites really a good idea?
posted by rjt at 9:02 AM on October 16, 2008
Is intentionally linking to malware sites really a good idea?
posted by rjt at 9:02 AM on October 16, 2008
heh..I'm more concerned about google crashing than I am about the economy..... shows where my priorities are..
MCT...I suspected that was the case....
posted by HuronBob at 9:03 AM on October 16, 2008
MCT...I suspected that was the case....
posted by HuronBob at 9:03 AM on October 16, 2008
Dear mods, there should not be something on the front page of metafilter that tries to jack my machine.
Thank you mods, and goodbye thread.
posted by mhoye at 9:04 AM on October 16, 2008
Thank you mods, and goodbye thread.
posted by mhoye at 9:04 AM on October 16, 2008
This is just a referer-checking domain hijack, no?
Yeah.
curl http://www.northbeachsushi.com/ gets you the document.
curl -e "http://www.google.com" http://www.northbeachsushi.com/ gets you the redirect.
posted by Combustible Edison Lighthouse at 9:05 AM on October 16, 2008
Yeah.
curl http://www.northbeachsushi.com/ gets you the document.
curl -e "http://www.google.com" http://www.northbeachsushi.com/ gets you the redirect.
posted by Combustible Edison Lighthouse at 9:05 AM on October 16, 2008
The North Beach Sushi webserver has been hacked. Given some referrers, like Google & Mefi, it's redirecting to the spam site.
I'm going to flag this post.
posted by Pronoiac at 9:05 AM on October 16, 2008
I'm going to flag this post.
posted by Pronoiac at 9:05 AM on October 16, 2008
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