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TAC 1.4 Released (Wordpress 2.8 Compatible)

sam — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:18:25 +0000

The long awaited next release!

Wordpress 2.8 Compatible!
JavaScript hiding/showing of result details
Tested in Firefox 3.0.11 and Internet Explorer 8

TAC in Wordpress.org Plugin Directory

First Release: PhotoRec Sorter

sam — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:32:41 +0000

Platform: Windows (NT/2K/XP/VISTA) (9x Untested)

I regularly use PhotoRec to retrieve files from inaccessible file systems for customers, and to make sorting through the rescued files a bit easier I usually organized them by file type (.exe, .pdf, .doc. etc.)Normally I do this with Cygwin and the find command ( find ./ -name *.pdf -exec mv -v {} ./PDF/ ; ) but I end up having to make directories for each file type extension and run the command once for each file type. I started to right a bash script to speed up the process then realized that AuoItv3 would be much more appropriate and put together this script + stand-alone executable.

TAC 1.3 Released (Features, WP Compatibility)

sam — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:50:31 +0000

TAC (Theme Authenticity Checker) After a band-aid 1.2 release to deal with changes in WordPress 2.6 we’ve now got a release that works with WordPress 2.2 – 2.6.1 as well as a few new features! Hope you enjoy it.

Changed title to “Theme Authenticity Checker”, same acronym, makes more sense
Compatible with WordPress 2.2 – 2.6.1
NEW! Checks for embedded Static Links
NEW! Direct links for editing suspicious files in the WordPress Theme Editor
Improved the CSS
Uses its own function to get theme file paths

TAC v1.1 Released (Minor Fixes)

sam — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:53:46 +0000

Hey we just released a new version of our Wordpress Theme checker – TAC (Theme Authentication Checker) v 1.1 The first release (v 1.0) had some poorly coded styling that would break down under certain circumstances, so we took care of it.

TAC: Version 1.1 (Fixes)

Style sheet doesn’t explode any more when certain threats are detected
Modified code snippet output to prevent interfering with page structure
Improved styling for slightly more appealing output

TAC v1.0 Released

sam — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:46:28 +0000

TAC (Theme Authentication Checker) v1.0, our new WP Plugin, has just been released on Wordpress.org by us, the builtBackwards Team.

TAC stands for Theme Authentication Checker. Currently, TAC searches the source files of every installed theme for signs of malicious code. If such code is found, TAC displays the path to the theme file, the line number, and a small snippet of the suspect code.

This plugin got its start when we repeatedly found obfuscated malicious code in free Wordpress themes available throughout the web. A quick way to scan a theme for undesirable code was needed, so we put together this plugin.

Try it out and let us know what you think!