Trojan in Woo Themes footer code

Posted on 27. Nov, 2009 by Philip in Big Trousers News, Software, Web design

Whilst trying to fix a WordPress install, I found some errant code in the footer.php for site files installed by a client. After a bit of sluething I discovered that the Premium Woo Theme used had come from a filesharing site or had come in via bit torrent and had been altered to subject the user to potentially dangerous callback connections for information carried within the site. Now at Big Trousers we have seen this sort of thing injected into shopping carts but never before delivered via a Premium WordPress theme over file sharing.

This is a word of warning to all those who attempt the ‘something for nothing’ route and again a warning to those using a bit torrent client.

My advice is to pay WooThemes for their fine WordPress Themes. The other advantage of owning a license to your Premium theme is that it comes with a lifelong upgrade so that new improved code and bug fixes are downloadable in order to improve your site functionality. Some Themes are available from Woo for free in any event but if you are reading this to find a solution this is it.