I've been reading through alot of posts here and unless I've missed one I don't see a solution to my problem.. We are currently getting hit hard by bots and hackers making fake accounts and now the forum has areas that have stopped working without me making changes.. -- for example a few people can't login, cannot make a new post, a chatbox mod that was installed years ago has suddenly stopped working as well... site was hacked a while ago and I thought we had reversed all the effects of that but I'm wondering if we missed something that can be causing all this to happen.
Vbulletin 4.2.5 Getting hacked.
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There are no known security issue on 4.2.5.
Modifications are the most common way in.
Note also that 4.2.5 requires a minimum of php 5.6, and also that some modifications won't work with php 7 which may be a cause of some of your issues. If you've a lot of add-ons you should probably run php 5.6.
Below are some resources for recovering and fixing hacked sites.
Firstly, please follow ALL the steps here:
This guide is for what to do, after youve been hacked, exploited, and or defaced. Step 1, Change everything: If you believe, or think your site has
And also here:
There are four steps to securing your site. If you don't do them all or you do them in the wrong order than you're still susceptible to being attacked again. Close
Several other resources that may assist:
Symptoms Having your site hacked is something no owner wants to experience due to the fact it takes quite a bit of effort to fix, often times requiring payment to a experienced third-party when a owner feels
Getting Started This guide is intended to be a starting point for helping to keep your site safe and secure in the long run. It is not a be-all, end-all guide
At a more technical level, if you have full server access:
I wrote a 10 page guide (http://vbtechsupport.com/2355/) for VPS and dedicated hosting users on my personal blog (http://vbtechsupport.com/2355/) outlining my how I'd handle cleaning up hacked vBulletin forums
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