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Why is someone going through my sites with Paros/3.2.13
mmm3
post Jul 27 2008, 08:38 AM
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For what reason would someone have to go through my websites with Paros/3.2.13?

I understand Paros is a program for checking your own sites for vulnerabilities, but is there a reason for someone to run it on other people's sites? Is it for hacking? Snooping? What?

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post Jul 29 2008, 09:34 AM
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contact your host to make sure they were not running a scan and make sure they know a scan was being run against your site. Yes, I believe this could have been used by someone looking for a vulnerable website. It looks to be a legitimate tool for checking security. However, as with all good tools, it can be used maliciously.
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