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From Zachery at vBulletin:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/380561-vBulletin-3.x-and-4.x-Redirect-Security-Exploit?p=2168592&viewfull=1#post2168592
Note that at least one other person in that thread identified a different plugin (i.e., from vBulletin.org, not vBSEO) as the problem. Also, this doesn't identify the entry point precisely so even if it is a contaminated plug-in and rebuilding the datastore "solves" the problem, what's to stop the problem from reappearing?
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/380561-vBulletin-3.x-and-4.x-Redirect-Security-Exploit?p=2168592&viewfull=1#post2168592
For anyone having their search engine traffic redirected, I've only found plugin code in a vbseo plugin point in the datastore table. Enabling, and disabling a single plugin normally rebuilds the pluginlist in the datastore and fixes the problem.
Note that at least one other person in that thread identified a different plugin (i.e., from vBulletin.org, not vBSEO) as the problem. Also, this doesn't identify the entry point precisely so even if it is a contaminated plug-in and rebuilding the datastore "solves" the problem, what's to stop the problem from reappearing?