Warning!

[Jme574]

I have copied this post from the General Support because since i have posted it over there it has only gotten 25 views and 5 of them was from me checking to see if anyone responded to the post. I know there are more than 20 Customers at Host Gator and alot of those people are upset about their sites or services not working. If someone is using Movable Type on your server and HAS NOT fix the problem with their program IT WILL effect ALL the other sites on the server.

Now the other hosting company that sent out this email to me, went ahead and forced the patch on ALL their servers so none of their unsuspecting customers who do not use Movable Type would not be effected. Below is the email that was sent.

Hello,

Late last night the makers of Movable Type announced that a vulnerability existed in all versions of Movable Type. Movable Type is a software that is not supplied by (edited company name), however it is very popular with our client base. If you are not using Movable Type, please ignore this email.

This exploit in all versions of Movable Type allowed a malicious user to exploit the e-mail functions of Movable Type and send unlimited spam e-mail from the targeted site.

We noticed certain Movable Type sites several days ago start sending massive amounts of e-mail and caused several of our servers to crash. At that time we were not aware of the exploits.

Once we were informed of the exploits and were given access to a plug-in that would stop the attacks we immediately pushed out a file to all of the users Movable Type directories.

This e-mail is only a notice that a new plugin exists in your Movable Type installation.

We urge you to upgrade your Movable Type Installation to the most current and up to date version. 3.15

Thank you for you continued support.

If you use Movable Type please be sure that your Software has the updated patch so as your sites as well as everyone elses on the server is protected.

Thank You,