how do you fix a hacked phpBB2?
 

some prick hacked my biker site, how do i fix it?

Did you have a bunch of mod's loaded? Or is it just regular phpBB?

first patch it to the latest version, then look around and see if he left any backdoors.

i didnt have any mods, was just the regular phpbb2

but it looks like my whole database is gone... all the forums say 0 messages and i cant even log in

BTW, did everything we talked about go okay?

I would say post a link... It's not spamming your fourm.

yep, thanks man

i dont really want to do that, its a forum for 84 guys in Las Vegas, most of them are real nice people and I dont want any pricks from GFY signing up and ruining my board like they've done to this one.

fuck I love your sig

looks like you are fucked, better hope you or your host has a backup...

Best idea in my line of thinking, say if your board was hacked so bad that you would have to start over from scratch (including loosing all accounts and posts) dump PHPBB and install Invision Powerboard. They have a free version and its the best board software I have ever run. I've used both scripts, I would take IvPB any day of the week.

Yeah, I have heard good things about IPB. Why not just buy a lic. It's like 100ish I think

PHPBB hacks give access to the whole site, you needa ftop or ssh program that can check for the date of changed files.

Then find any files changed from the day you where hacked.

Then remove them and replace with new ones, then update that shit :1orglaugh The update should correct the file permissions and get things back in action.

You could, but with the free version you get everything, it all works and never have to worry about a trial expiring. I think you might get patches between versions or tech support maybe with a lic, I dont know for sure. Anytime they come out with a newer version its available for download too. So, you can keep upgrading for free too.

thats a great idea man... thanks

What version were you using?

Do you know which of the exploits they used to "hack" your site?

You can check with your host...they might be able to help you as they usuallly have a backup

Powered by phpBB 2.0.10

i dont know what exploit they used, but they put a bunch of turkish proaganda all over the site

just a patch... or upgrade to a newer version...

With Vbulletin.com

I was able to get the board working again and remove all the turkish propaganda he put all over the place, users are still there but looks like the message database with over 5000 posts is gone :mad:

updated it to the newest version released sept 17th

get myphpadmin and check the database if it there. they might have changed the dbconnection and query, so it looks for the data somewhere else

the database is there, and it says its 594k but the board says no messages??

Then Im PRETTY sure its looking the wrongplace
I reccomend you visit http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/
its the best place for support... and take a COMPLETE mysql backup before changing anything

Oh, that's why -- they're up to 2.0.17 and the exploits for your version are very well known -- that's when those php exploits began popping up.

Read the phpBB forum for information and how to restore because as someone said, the mysql db is most likel intact unless they managed to get into phpmyadmin.

If I remember right, more than 70,000 phpBB forums were hacked the first week of that exploit on 2.0.10

thats one fucking wild gif in your sig. :thumbsup

I love your sig photo!!!
Where is it from?

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh