The Hack Repair Guy
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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Possible HackMuch like bringing your car into the shop for repair. We can hear the noise, but without popping the hood, it’s hard to say whether it’s your water pump or your alternator…
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Possible HackThis is sadly relatively common. It means your account has been compromised, be it through a guessed at password, or possibly an outdated version of something which hackers have found and are exploiting for their own nefarious ends.
There is no instant fix. Your website files will need to be gone over “with a fine-tooth comb” and cleaned up to return your service back to clean and shiny self.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Hacked by HamzaSadly, this happens to far to many good people.
There are no free or easy ways to clean up a hacked website.
Unlike your computer, a website does not have viruses which can be removed. A website is just a collection of files.In this case hacker appears to have modified files (hacked by…). Which files were changed or need to be “fixed” is not possible to know without opening “the hood.”
That said, you’ll need to have someone work to assist you in replacing all WordPress core files, along with locating and removing any back door scripts that may be hiding within your code or files.
You may find this link helpful:
http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hackedForum: Plugins
In reply to: [Revisr] AWS CodeCommit defaultI may have been a bit rash in mentioning it this early. Not actually out for the masses for a few more months. 🙂
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WP Author Box Lite] Removing author box on home pgaeDoes appear that upgrading to the “pro” version does allow the exclusion of pages and posts.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How Do I Definately Know If I've Been Hacked?Hi,
Diagnosing whether you WordPress installation is packed or not is problematic at best. From the outside it’s virtually impossible to see the actual hacker scripts. In this respect it’s possible to use an outside service to analyze your website, but keep in mind they can’t actually see the files or scripts within your website, so all may appear well on the outside, but actually be quite the opposite on the inside.The only real option if you believe your website is compromised is to have someone login and “pop the hood” in order to diagnose the problem.
Same goes for deleting your website. Just because you delete your website today, that doesn’t mean that the websites will not be hacked or in the future. Murphy’s law…
Your long-term strategy is to work with somebody who can help you manage your WordPress website and backups. As long as you have good backups running daily you’ll find that if and when your website is compromised you can easily revert back to your old backup and all will be well once again.
Suffice it to say your best protection is proactive action through monitoring and backups.
Forum: Hacks
In reply to: Need Help with finding my hack!! (Network Solutions has me offline)I likely not a plugin at all, and is likely a script installed by hacker which is not part of WordPress in any respect.
Forum: Hacks
In reply to: Need Help with finding my hack!! (Network Solutions has me offline)Hi,
There are no free or easy ways to clean up a hacked website.Unlike your computer, a website does not have viruses which can be removed. A website is just a collection of files.
In this case hacker appears to have modified some files. Which files were changed or need to be “fixed” is not possible to know without opening “the hood.”
That said, you’ll need to have someone work to assist you in replacing all WordPress core files, along with locating and removing any back door scripts that may be hiding within your code or files.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WP Author Box Lite] How to remove Author box option?Any further thoughts on this?
Forum: Hacks
In reply to: My Website is Completely BrokenYou site does appear to be quite affected by something.
I recommend you first disable all plugins then check home page. I suspect you’ll notice the odd slowness will disappear.
Then enable a few plugins at a time, and repeat until you isolate the culprit.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WP Author Box Lite] How to remove Author box option?Hi. My apologies. I missed your reply.
No, this is not yet resolved.Still can’t figure out how to remove from a particular page.
Your comment please?Thanks!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Hacked by "H3X KH4N From Cyb3r Sw0rd"Hi,
Your current site is looking fine here, so I imagine you’ve replaced the files by now?Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Cannot Login to Admin to resolve hack issue– FTP to account
– Go to:
/wp-content/themes
– Note theme there.
– Rename it to something like:
themorningafter.OLDOf course this will radically change the appearance of your website, but at least you should be able to log in nicely after doing so (if you have another default theme still in the themes directory).
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: [Corpo] Unauthorized Evil Link At The Top Of My Site ~ Hacked?Yes, currently your website is compromised.
You’ll need to have someone work through clearing out the malware on your website in order to remove the bogus links, etc.Forum: Hacks
In reply to: Code inserted into php files, was I hacked?Hi,
Wordfence is not a cleanup service, so will not be of great help after your site has been compromised.