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Unwanted Links From jxliu.com Appearing on Your Blog?
I started noticing certain words on this blog were highlighted and pointing to a certain website that was completely unrelated to me. The website was jxliu.com, which I had never heard of before. After a Google search yielded nothing, I was at a complete loss. After significant trial and error, I may have actually eliminated jxliu.com.
I looked at the code on my page as it loaded in the browser, and there were no links in the code at all. I searched the template code for my blog, and again I found nothing. I decided to view the blog from a different computer (using the same browser – Chrome in this case) and the links were not there, which made me realize that these links were probably generated on my end, and not from my blog. A quick search for jxliu.com on my Windows 7 search bar revealed the location of two “includes.js” files in my Download folder which both contained links to the site. I deleted the folders they were in (which I didn’t even recognize), emptied the trash, and restarted the computer. So far, I’m not seeing jxliu.com anymore, so hopefully that has solved the problem. Chances are, since the files were located in my Download folder, it was probably my own doing in putting that malware on my computer.
Because a Google search turned up almost nothing on this site or mal-links, I’m guessing it’s not very widespead. Or perhaps people just aren’t mentioning the mal-site by name. Either way, I think I’m rid of it. If you’ve had a problem with this site, please comment below and let us know how/if you got rid of it!
10/5/2011 Update: Here is a more recent article about a similar problem which might contain additional ways to fix the problem.
- Marc
Thanks for posting this. I was looking through my wordpress html files, thinking it was there, but I also found a similar file on my computer.
Man thanks so much for posting this. It was driving me crazy. I found a file just as you described and dumped it, and those links aren’t showing up anymore.
I’ve noticed links to the same site showing up randomly in webpages. I searched Windows 7 for jxliu.com but didn’t come up with anything. I also looked in the download folders under Users, and found nothing. And I ran superantispyware and malwarebytes antimalware, but came up with nothing. Is there some other way to track this down?
For Superantispyware, do a “complete” scan instead of a “quick scan.” Doing so (in at least one case we’re aware of) has actually found the file in question when a quick scan didn’t find it. Note that a complete scan with Superantispyware can take a couple of hours.
You can also try re-doing your search in Windows 7. When the search results come up, click on “See More Results” then when that screen loads, where it says “Search again in:” select “Computer” – which will do a more thorough search on your system (the default Windows 7 search doesn’t always check everywhere on your computer).
Try those and let us know how what happens.
I redid the Superantispyware scan, this time as a complete scan, and it seems to have worked this time. Oddly, for both scans some kind of toolbar was found, and both times I deleted it. During the complete scan, that was the only thing that came up. Anyway, a check of some sites that had these odd links indicates that they’re no longer there, so regardless of what exactly happened, the problem seems to have been solved. Thanks very much for the help!
So glad you got it fixed! Those things can be a real pain to get rid of!
@waffles yeah definately man it can be a real pest, i for one would like to say i’m also really happy for you. well done on getting it fixed man seemed like youre really good at these type of computer virus’ youre a f**king god!