[Web4lib] random link replacements

[Courtney Stephens]

We use Dreamweaver, but no CMS.  AFIK, there are only 3 people who are
allowed to edit - me, the reference librarian (who pointed out the problem)
and the tech guy.   Possibly, there is one other librarian allowed to edit
(the head of TS), but she doesn't generally do anything to the website.
She's more concerned with the OPAC.

We run an Apache server, but I don't know what kind of security it has on it
as a whole.  The website is password protected, though.

The problem is localized to one folder, and replaces only one phrase -
teach.belmont.edu:2048? - with www.apple.com.  It replaces things at random,
and just because they are wrong on one page does not mean they have been
changed on another.  I have never seen anything like this happen before.

~Courtney S.

On 9/5/06, Tyson Tate <tysontate at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Could you give us more information? What CMS or editing tools do you
> use? What kind of security do you have on the pages (i.e. who's
> allowed to edit it?).
>
> Most likely, it's being edited by someone who doesn't know what
> they're doing. (Ok, let's not get in to the "gatekeeper" discussion
> again! ;)
>
> -Tyson
>
> On 9/5/06, Courtney Stephens <court1824 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Has anyone ever had links randomly be replaced on their webpages?
> >
> > My library's website has had this happen 2x in the last month - our
> proxy
> > address is replaced with http://apple.com/ in random links on our
> website.
> > See this for examples: http://library.belmont.edu/SubGuides/english.html
> >
> > The tech guy claims it's not a virus.  Whatever it is, it's annoying....
> and
> > I'd appreciate any leads on how to get it to stop
> >
> > ~Courtney S.
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