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[Solved] Hacker!

Post by Falco1199 » Thu Jun 06, 2002 9:14 pm

Someone's obviously messing around with my forum... 2 people were banned, topics were locked, and my rank name was changed. I had a hacker on a previous Proboard forum, and this one is doing the same things; I'm wondering if there's any way he could be hacking on to my computer. Does anyone have a clue what I can do? :evil:
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Post by primedomain » Thu Jun 06, 2002 9:15 pm

What version are you running? Have you installed any mods? You are running the forum on your own machine?
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Post by Blazer » Thu Jun 06, 2002 9:31 pm

get a forum on a linux server...make your password long and with numbers and letters mixed, change you cpanle password as well as ftp.


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Post by Falco1199 » Thu Jun 06, 2002 9:45 pm

I'm running 2.0.0, I can't change that.
I haven't installed any mods.
I'm not running it from my own machine.
My server is members.lycos.co.uk; I have no clue if it's Linux/Windows. I can't change that at the moment. Lycos UK is the only free server I know of w/ MySQL.
My password is over 10 letters with mixed numbers and letters and no words.
...Is the host free? :?

Any suggestions?
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Post by primedomain » Thu Jun 06, 2002 9:50 pm

You should upgrade to 2.0.1. Not only does it fix a couple of bugs, it also fixes some security issues. It is strongly recommended to upgrade!
Why can't you upgrade?
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Post by Falco1199 » Thu Jun 06, 2002 9:57 pm

2.0.1 doesn't work on Lycos servers. You get this error: "Can't Query Forum Information" when you go to the index; no forums. Unfortunate. That said......
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Post by Falco1199 » Thu Jun 06, 2002 10:26 pm

NO ONE?!?

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Post by Falco1199 » Fri Jun 07, 2002 12:34 am

Sorry to post again, but I have to get this topic higher up on the list. THIS IS URGENT!!
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Post by AJ Riddle » Fri Jun 07, 2002 2:12 am

sure it is ;)... But if it is a hacker, close the forums for a while and look at peeps profiles to see if they say anything about hacking (like under intrest and occupation...)
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Post by gatty » Fri Jun 07, 2002 4:39 am

lmao!

the above idea is lame :P

you could always change your admin password, then install the 'show rank mod" which will diplay a users rank in the memberlist....see if anyone made themself a admin! As i know if i 'hacked' a board...i'd make myself the admin! :P
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Post by Argyle » Fri Jun 07, 2002 5:13 am

Do you use your password on other public forums? Some, such as T-Forum and early versions of Ikonboard, allow the admins to see the user passwords, letting them do a little password matching...
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Post by quadc89 » Fri Jun 07, 2002 8:25 am

Ok I got a few questions...
Can you still login to the admin page :?:
And if no then.. Did you delete the install.php :?:
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Post by Falco1199 » Sat Jun 08, 2002 1:45 am

I can still login in to the admin page...

OK Big update:

A few days ago, someone was banned from the forum. Today, this person is the moderator of every forum. A few days before being banned and then modded, he asked me to be a Security Admin. It seems he knows a lot about hacking and web coding. I banned him, but he's still there. :evil:

WHAT NOW?!?
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Post by Falco1199 » Sat Jun 08, 2002 2:40 am

BIGGER UPDATE!!!:

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, webadmin-uk@lycos-europe.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

My forum's dead!!!!
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Post by Falco1199 » Sat Jun 08, 2002 2:43 am

BIGGEST UPDATE:

The forums are working again!!! WTF?!???
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