Website visitors are still being redirected after "fixing" the damage from a conditional redirect website attack
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Published on 2012-07-10T04:20:31Z
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BACKGROUND
A website of mine was recently the target of a conditional redirect attack.
- PHP code was added to my pages to redirect visitors.
- The .htaccess file was edited to redirect visitors.
I've re-uploaded my website so the compromised PHP and .htaccess code have both been removed.
My site is mostly handwritten php and static HTML content. I don't use page comments or any third party libraries.
THE PROBLEM
After removing the compromised php and htaccess files, visitors are still being re-directed.
- What could be the reason that visitors are still being redirected?
- Are there any tools to check where/how redirects are taking place so I can debug the problem?
UPDATE - PROBLEM FIXED
As suggested in the comments, I cleared my Firefox cache and that fixed the problem (for me anyway). Visitors with old cache data will obviously still be re-directed.
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