what is a link to the site with the trouble?
the actual website is OK (www.learnaboutarthritis.net), but its the dashboard that has been screwed up. I have a screenshot, how can I send to you?
I don’t need a screenshot, I found what I was looking for.
Your website has been hacked unfortunately. It throes up warnings when I visit, and when viewing your source code from within my browser I can see the encoded hack script at the bottom of your page.
The messed up admin area is just a symptom, it commonly gets messed up when sites have been hacked.
Here’s some excellent reading to get you started on the cleanup:
http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked
http://ocaoimh.ie/did-your-wordpress-site-get-hacked/
http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/
http://www.snipe.net/2010/01/when-wordpress-gets-hacked/
My Experiences with being hacked:
http://www.rvoodoo.com/2010/02/the-dreaded-base64-wordpress-hack-and-other-hacks-too/
my worst fears confirmed, thanks very much for all your help. I better start reading the info you sent!
Yup, it can be a long and drawn out process….just be thorough. If you try to take any shortcuts, hacks always tend to come back
Good luck
I will try, not sure if I have the technical expertise to do this, may just delete the blog and start a new one
If that is a possibility and you don’t have much content, you can. If you go that route….make sure you still change all passwords. (use a different one for WP, change FTP passwords, and change DB password, or use a new one if you start over by deleting and making a new DB)
Thing is, with the advice you can get on the links I provided…if you are persistent, you can do it.
I learned how to do mine…when I started I was a WP novice, it was my first time having a web site, and I knew nothing about access logs, or hacks, or databases
This forum, google and coffee (or scotch…depending) were my friends
