Some of you may have noticed the New Media Photographer Web site was hacked on Thursday.  My apologies if you were directed to a malware page or if a virus attempted to download to your computer.

As I understand it, the issue originated on the server-side based at GoDaddy.com.  It has affected a number of WordPress sites including some well-known blogs.

I wish to thank those in the New Media Photographer community who alerted me to the issue. First, thanks to my wife, Shirley, for alerting me to the fact that some of our friends’ blogs were under attack by the virus. (My apologies for acting like it wouldn’t happen to my blog.) Also, thanks to Frederic Sune for raising the red flag, to Joseph Cristina for his technical support via Skype, and to Scott LePage, who took the time to call my office to alert us to the problem. All involved helped  call attention to the matter so the problem could be quickly fixed.

I was able to fix the issue within an hour thanks to the generosity of the people at http://sucuri.net. I followed the instructions found on their blog , uploaded the script, and cleaned out my system.  They even have a free service to monitor your site for malware.

On a happier note, I hope you like the new site design. I’m sorry it didn’t get a better introduction.

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.

Rosh