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1. webmachine
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   I am getting a long list of errors starting with

   "Warning: fopen(http://localhost/wordpress/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. in C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\class-http.php on line 876"

   and then references to undefined variables in

   C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\vxthdkga.php

   I can find no reference anywhere on the web about this file. What is it?

   I am using XAMPP, and downloaded three free themes to test before I started building my own theme. Could that be the cause of this?

2. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 9 months ago #

   vxthdkga.php is not a normal WordPress file. Look what's in it, and try to delete or move it. If you have define('WP_DEBUG', true); in your wp-config.php you get a lot of notices. some of them serious and some not.

3. webmachine
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Thank you. I have removed the file, and also found a reference to it at the end of my wp-config.php file:

   if(!function_exists(amt_cif)) { if(file_exists(ABSPATH.WPINC.'/vxthdkga.php')) { require_once (ABSPATH.WPINC.'/vxthdkga.php'); } }

   I have also deleted that. Neither of these were in my original WordPress download, and I am developing locally so I can only assume that they appeared when I downloaded three free themes to test. Is that possible?

   Also, I have one last warning ..."Warning: fopen(http://localhost/wordpress/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. in C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\class-http.php on line 876" that refers to WP_DEBUG. and I am getting a blank page for index.php

4. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 9 months ago #

   It sounds like you've been hacked. Have a look through these resources:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779
   http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/
   http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/

5. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 9 months ago #

   I can only assume that they appeared when I downloaded three free themes to test. Is that possible?

   Yes that is possible. I realy don't know how that file got there. Do you remember what themes you downloaded?

   The errors is wp-cron trying to run certain hourly tasks. I ignore it on some of my local dev installs.
   Disable debug in your wp-config.php : define('WP_DEBUG', false);

   http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11831

   I'm thinking this is a wontfix, Developers need to be aware of failure messages, It shouldnt occur for regular users.

6. webmachine
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   The themes were from an article in a very reputable web development article site: 40 Excellent Free WordPress Themes and the themes were: remedy, Love Earth and vectorize.

   I checked my database and there were also three tables with names starting with localhost_ added to them. I removed them also.

   I have disabled debug. I just have to deal with the issue of my index.php page not displaying, even though the default themes work without a hitch. Thank you.

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