Comments on: Zamanta Attracts Malware

By: Randy Murray

Randy Murray — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:51:45 +0000

Yikes – thanks for the heads up. I have enough headaches dealing with content spam to have to deal with true malware.

By: tony

tony — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:03:59 +0000

The advice Hal gives here is very good, it seems wise to avoid plug-ins wherever possible – everything they offer can be coded directly into the site and I have found resources online which offer help and advice to do this – there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch……

By: Mari

Mari — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:03:57 +0000

Merci Tony for opening my eyes to the consequences of making casual choices in the plug-in world. Apparently what seems like a quick resolution can quite easily turn into a coding conundrum. Yikes.

By: tony

tony — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:28:43 +0000

Thanks Hal – very good advice, now to dust off my php5 manual – oh dear……….

By: Hal Brown

Hal Brown — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:53:07 +0000

Plugins can easily take your site down. This can get complicated, and may or may not be malware related. Some plugins are simply a result of bad programming.
And what works on one host server may not work at all on another.
A good rule of thumb is, if you can do what you want without a plugin, code it yourself, do that.
Use as few plugins as possible.
Some site load sooooo slowly I sometimes leave. And all because of pulgins running remote scripts.