How do i protect my forum from Hackers

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  • al_313_al
    New Member
    • May 2007
    • 21
    • 3.6.x

    How do i protect my forum from Hackers

    Hi my forum has been hacked into 4 times now, is there any security programe which i can download to prevent any further hackers from doing more harm

    thank you

    al
  • Lynne
    Former vBulletin Support
    • Oct 2004
    • 26255

    #2
    Take a look at this helpful thread: How To Make My Forums More Secure

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    • BaHyXuH
      Member
      • Aug 2007
      • 67
      • 3.6.x

      #3
      What do you mean by hacked ?What actually happened

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      • al_313_al
        New Member
        • May 2007
        • 21
        • 3.6.x

        #4
        thanks for the link, all the points mentioned above i had already done except for

        If you have and the other admins have a unique IP address you can edit the .htaccess file in your admincp directory with.

        order allow,deny allow from <your IP>
        allow from <admin2's IP>
        deny from all

        This way the directory should not load for anyone whose IP doesnt match this list.

        thank you for your help

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        • al_313_al
          New Member
          • May 2007
          • 21
          • 3.6.x

          #5
          Originally posted by BaHyXuH
          What do you mean by hacked ?What actually happened

          they deleted the user table from the control panel, and i couldnt enter the forum, nor could any of the members, and no new members could register.

          one time they hacked in via
          spacer_open

          another time via
          fromhoom



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