New Virus For WordPress Was Discovered

[bochiman]

The virus actions upon WordPress platform by inserting a .PHP file in the root of the installation directory and then it connects to the database. On a successful connection various blog posts are modified with long lists of spam links masked with CSS. (the visitors cannot see them, but the search engine robots index those links). As a consequence, you will have to manually check all of your posts and remove the link after the .PHP file removal. The most simple solution to check the affected posts is to create an xml file of RSS feeds from all of your posts and view them in an RSS reader. The rest of the
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[pantam10]

I was affected by this virus on a previous version of WordPress (2.5 <), but have since been ok. Is this a problem on newer releases of the blogging software or does it only affect the older versions?

[bochiman]

We have upgraded the WordPress platform to the newest version, but we cannot appreciate if the same attack could have success in case of the latest version.

[MaryK]

Thank you for the warning. I am seriously comtemplating using Word Press, however, I am not sure how to create an xlm file, or Rss feeds. A simple explanation of 'how to' would be appreciated. Please keep it non-technical, my brain is not exactly technically minded.