Blog fixed… I think…

[almostwitty]

After carefully examining what I could of the HTML code in my Wordpress installation, I concluded that the best way to get rid of the reported injected spam links was to “nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.” - in other words, back up the blog database, delete all Wordpress files, re-install Wordpress and then import the backed-up database. I had contemplated moving my blog over to somewhere else, like LiveJournal or wordpress.com but I thought I’d give Dreamhost one more chance.

Of course, I’m going to take some better precautions, as recommended by some friends. These include:

• Not installing random themes and plug-ins for the sheer hell of it. If I don’t like it, delete it.
• There are some handy plug-ins that claim to provide better security, to whit:
• Bad Behaviour
• WP Security Scan
• Theme Authenticity Checker

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