Robots.txt.dist used for

joomlarobots.txt

In Joomla (CMS) the installation comes with a file called "robots.txt.dist". I know what robots.txt is used for, but don't know why a .dist version would exist. The install comes with a normal robots.txt which to me seems that makes the other file not needed.

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.dist files are usually just an example file to get you going but aren't intended to be used as the real thing.

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Notice the replace call after the giant messy string: .replace(/#|\$|@|\^|&|$|$|\!/ig, '').

It removes most of the special characters, turning it into a normal URL:

evil://dyndns-org.gamestop.com.mybestyouxi-cn.genuinehollywood.ru:8080/softonic.com/softonic.com/google.com/livejasmin.com/videosz.com/

(I manually changed http: to evil:)

Note that the regex could have been simplified to .replace(/[#$@^&()!]/ig, '')

If you look at the script, you'll see that it's a very simple script that injects a hidden IFRAME containing the path /index.php?ys from the same domain.

I requested that page in Fiddler, and it had no content.

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