Weblog and Viruses?

[Gotham Dark Knight]

What types of viruses can you contract if you have weblog set up and have an area within it for people to post? Is there anything I should be watching out for?

[Jason425]

If someone is linking to a file, or if your system isn't up to date with patches, you should be careful.

[vicki2]

Thanks ...I'm in process of setting up a site now and was wondering about that. Saved me asking!

[lpxxfaintxx]

What language is the code in? Did you code it yourself? If it is in PHP, I can surely help you secure your site.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Thanks ...I'm in process of setting up a site now and was wondering about that. Saved me asking!

Hey...if it isn't my "Scotland is a hotbed for UFO buddy"...you know once that book I am writing hits the stand, I have to have a site to mareket it on...you know?

Ever wonder if some of those virusus are ...you know...(***in a whisper..."not from here "...***) :)

[ninikins]

could you give some pointers for site security in this type of situation? It would be cool to hear about that.

[Triumph]

If you just run something like wordpress, you should not have any issues. People can not natively run any kind of programs there. Although they just did issue a new security update.