PROBLEM Site hacked & redirecting to porn - root files only

[DonR]

Site has been hacked with updates to .htaccess and addition of mailicious php files including exploiting-blazers.php - all inn the root.  Host is godaddy shared hosting account.

Site corrected and back up now, but want to spread the word and ask if others have the same problem?

I need to study everything available on securing the GS site, as I was confident the site was already secure.  Your suggestions please?

.htaccess file was redirecting site only from search results as follows:

RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} 200

RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (google|yahoo|msn|aol|bing) [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} (google|yahoo|msn|aol|bing)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ exploiting-blazers.php?$1 [L]

Working theory now is that godaddy shared hosting server was hacked and site folders crawled and code added to rot. Is this plausible?

Many thanks

[jwzumwalt]

Site has been hacked with updates to .htaccess and addition of mailicious php files including exploiting-blazers.php - all inn the root.  Host is godaddy shared hosting account.
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Working theory now is that godaddy shared hosting server was hacked and site folders crawled and code added to rot. Is this plausible?

About a month ago, another user reported a simular problem -see the thread at
http://get-simple.info/forums/showthread.php?tid=8098

[shawn_a]

Yeah these are usually shared host issues, unless you have something that allows front end uploads and it was exploited.