YourOwnBux.com script security issues

 

Before we set up our PTC site UrOnlineBux.com we spent a few months trying to shop around for the best script. What we found was that the market at the time wasn’t selling any secure scripts which meant if we purchased a basic script we would have to hire a freelance coder to fix the security holes. This causes the process of starting a PTC site much more expensive as you would be paying around $200 to $300 just to get the script fixed.

We were a little frustrated that no scripts were being sold with security fixes added so luckily we came across the SecureBux script from PtcPay.com which is sold with this in mind for a much better price. Some of the other vendors we came across before this were MyPayScripts.com which wanted to charge us around $240 for a standard script with no guarantee of security. However it must be said the worst we came across was YourOwnBux.com.

We say it was the worst deal because all the scripts at YourOwnBux.com were then sold with massive security back doors on the admin panel. It wasn’t so hard to see which script was the most secure in the industry when they became popular as it seemed 3 sites ever week on the script were being hacked.

It turned out the security issue was actually quite easy to take advantage of with even the most novices of programmers finding their way into these sites. It seemed for a good long while that no statements were being made by the YourOwnBux.com owner even though most of the sites that had used the scripts had already been hacked. This of course put us right off the idea of purchasing anything from there not to mention the fact that all the scripts looked the same with very little for the owners to change about that.

Recently the YourOwnBux.com owner has gone public and admitted there were security exploits in the scripts. Along with the fact that this has come a little late it seems the owner is also pinning the blame on a “friend” who he said caused the problems in order to exploit the scripts himself. Not many people are buying this story and even if it were true is certainly doesn’t instil any more trust in the vendor for allowing his “friend” to do so in the first place. Clearly there was a lack of quality control before these scripts were sold along with a lack of effort to swiftly remove these issues and stop all further purchases.

It seems that the owner wants to warn of this exploiter known as Pipsta who apparently runs Ad2Bank, PayToClick.biz and EntroClicks.com with the soul purpose of using them to get the members pass words and hack into their PayPal accounts. None of these sites ever performed very well and were very evident of a site run by someone who isn’t serious about running them.

As for the Argentinean YourOwnBux.com owner he is now trying to clean up the mess by providing people with a hot-fix for the security issue. It is not stated if there is anything in the way of refunds as many sites were hacked to the point where they could not be recovered. Some argue that you get what you pay for with PTC scripts and the YourOwnBux.com scripts were some of the cheapest sold. The owner now states that all scripts sold from the vendor are fixed with no more security issues.

It will be interesting to see if the owner can again build a trustable reputation with these scripts as there is no question people are already buying more elsewhere. Very few vendors sell secure scripts but the usually if major issues are found by the vendors they make an effort to warn the customer to make use of a coder to help them out.

All scripts are sold with bugs but what ever state they are sold in the security strength is paramount. This is why it is important to make sure you know ever issue about a script before you purchase. There is a limited variety of script variation in the industry today with the major brands being the bux clone, aurora and indeed the YourOwnBux.com script.