No more "like" button?
- Thread starter MeatMan
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wundergrape
Well-Known Member
Exactly, Meat. This is one hell of a "glitch." It must have come as a huge "surprise."
MNHawkeyeFreak
Well-Known Member
theres a new one...Apathy. It lets heartbleed get in there.
JonDMiller
Publisher/Founder
Here is what the tech has explained to me:
Hi Jon,
We actually ran a security update across many vB forums. This update was the for the immediate removal of vBSEO. Yours was removed Thursday night. vBSEO is a plugin that was installed on your site to help with SEO, however the company (vbseo.com) has completely disappeared off the internet. Their domain is no longer registered to them and no one has heard from them. Since they have disappeared, there have been multiple security exploits that been released to the public. One of the latest exploits can allow a hacker to gain access to the database. Due to that, we preemptively took action and disabled the plugin for any clients who had it installed. The like button is an added feature of vBSEO and unfortunately the feature is now gone. We are also working with others on finding an alternative plugin. We've tried another Like plugin for other clients but it didn't work properly. I'll let you know if we find anything.
Hi Jon,
We actually ran a security update across many vB forums. This update was the for the immediate removal of vBSEO. Yours was removed Thursday night. vBSEO is a plugin that was installed on your site to help with SEO, however the company (vbseo.com) has completely disappeared off the internet. Their domain is no longer registered to them and no one has heard from them. Since they have disappeared, there have been multiple security exploits that been released to the public. One of the latest exploits can allow a hacker to gain access to the database. Due to that, we preemptively took action and disabled the plugin for any clients who had it installed. The like button is an added feature of vBSEO and unfortunately the feature is now gone. We are also working with others on finding an alternative plugin. We've tried another Like plugin for other clients but it didn't work properly. I'll let you know if we find anything.
wundergrape
Well-Known Member
Thanks for the deets, Jon.
Chickenlounge
Well-Known Member
Looks like Chrissy over on CyFan uses a "Thumbs Up" button instead of a "Like" button. Maybe ask him what plugin he's using for that.
