PSA for new folks.

[Lumos]

If you're just arriving here, as a fellow member,
I welcome you !!

With ONE huge exception:
If you are another board spammer, and worst of all if you're pushing trash sourced from the code - x - in - h badware site - then please=>
Go directly to hell, do not pass 'go' and do not collect any reps here from anyone.

Now back to the welcoming idea=>
If you are new here and NOT any sort of spammer, please take note and warning of this regarding site scripts and especially stuff aimed at Wordpress:

1. There is stuff posted here that is grabbed from other places which are NOT to be trusted, and lots of that trash is NULLED.

2. Always check any readme or other TXT type files included to see if the nature and source of the stuff is revealed

3. Be aware that the greatest danger in using stuff from untrustworthy sources is NOT viruses/malware - it is actually data theft - so as such, know this=>
VT DOES NOT DETECT STEALTHY WP BACKDOOR CODING AIMED AT STEALING YOUR DATA.

Be smart and accept that no matter how you virus scan such things - unless you are expert at reading the coding of it, there is always an element of risk, even bought themes and addons sometimes come from their own sites with extra (bad) stuff included - you'll see that mentioned here every now and then.

Even though this site's name includes 'Blackhat' - most folks who are not selling stuff here are more like gray hatters at most, and many would correctly be called white hatters, and are just here because they need to use every bit of help they can find to try and make some $$.

Use caution - learn all you can - work at NOT being fooled by things that are too good to be true.

Ask questions - LOTS of questions, no matter if you think they are somehow too lowly for other folks to bother with - there's lots of good members here who are always willing to help other members whenever they can.

Best Wishes - Enjoy your time here - and Prosper !!

[aleale]

Well said, smithnowt !


:)

[Lumos]

A couple of little notes of importance to add here:

1.
VT does not detect such things as backdoor coding - only overt malware - and nulled stuff is always doubtful by its very nature.

2.
VT and other sites like it only scan what is uploaded to them or what they are pointed at, meaning=>

If a URL is given they scan that web page and NOT the file stored that it links to.
This is why ALL links for VT that show 'URL' are fake scans;
Those fake scans ONLY show that the site's page is clean and NOT the shared file.

[Lumos]

Quite a while later and these little pointers only get more and more pertinent as online stuff gets ever more desperate for too many folks...

[osmanal2]

A must read for newbie. Thanks for posting this useful posts!