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I have tried using the resources, but hitting dead ends.
It appears the database password may have changed, as I am unable to change it.
Something is preventing me from exporting my site using tools export in wp-admin
HELP !!!
Go to your hosting control panel. It should have mySQL tools (often phpMyAdmin) to change DB passwords and save a copy of the DB. You can also move/copy your files about using the FTP app in cpanel or with a separate FTP client like Filezilla.
Thank you, Yes I know all of this. I can see the database in cpanel, but when trying to change the password to increase security it tells me my current password is wrong. Makes me believe someone hacked it and changed it. I am quite versed in FTP and can access the FTP files no problem, and can login via wp-admin. THe export function under tools in wordpress via wp-admin fail, IE it exports junk not the real files. But all efforts to remove the hack have failed, I conclude the problem must be in the database.
Go to http://revisium.com/aibo/, download Malicious Detector Tool and check your website. It supports several version of WordPress from 3.0 to 3.5.1. So it will bring you a list of shell scripts, malicious tools and code snippets, if any. To use just unzip archive and follow instruction from how to use.txt file.
Will do but I have deleted every file on the FTP site and reloaded from a recent backup with no impact. I believe the problem is with the SQL Database.
Sorry I am unable to figure out how to run server command line though ssh to execute php ai-bolit.php – I appreciate your help
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have you contacted your hosting provider?
I have inquired as to any problems they may have seen, and asked them to change the psw on the SQL database. I contact them to help run the ssh?
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yes, see if they can help you anyway. They should. you are paying them!!
DanMSchell, do you have ssh access to your website (server)?
You may want to request it from hosting support team. Having ssh is quite convenient for managing website. So I’d recommend to figure this out.
Once you get ip/login/pass you can use WinSCP5 free ftp/ssh client and Putty client to connect to server via SSH. Then upload ai-bolit.php files from archive, open a command line and run
php ai-bolit.php
Once report is created you need to go though all marked red. They will point you malicious or suspicious code within your wordpress. It can detect major set of hacking software with 90% probability.
Another approach is to get full backup of your website and check it locally. If you’re using Windows OS, then just install php on Windows (you can download it from windows.php.net).
Let me know if you’ve got questions.
