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Weird forum post - can anyone help me out

Discussion in 'Content Management' started by fadetoblack22, Jul 7, 2009.

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    I had a weird forum post on my forum and I don't know where it has come from. It is the bottom post written in another language:

    "Предлагаем услуги: взлом rambler, взлом yandex, взлом mail."

    Weird thing is that is was posted by a guest and I don't allow guest posting.
    It says that its does not exist when I click on it.
    When I try and delete it there is an error with the database and it won't delete.

    So, I don't know where it came from and I don't know how to get rid of it other than going into the database and looking.

    http://forum.bigfreebet.com/horse-racing.html

    Can anyone make any suggestions?

    thanks.
     
    fadetoblack22, Jul 7, 2009 IP
  2. linkteam

    linkteam Banned

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    #2
    Have you looked in the forum admin to check no one has managed to hack in and add themselves as a admin or similar?

    has your forum been going long? could you wipe it completely clean?
     
    linkteam, Jul 7, 2009 IP
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    linkteam Banned

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    #3
    User is AleksaMnk ?
     
    linkteam, Jul 7, 2009 IP
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    theapparatus Peon

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    #4
    I'd be bringing this up on the phpBB forums instead of here. I was going to say that the theme got hacked but it sounds like you found as least something in the database on it.

    Just for reference, the phrase translates from Russian to English as:

    We offer: hacking rambler, hacking yandex, hacking mail.
     
    theapparatus, Jul 7, 2009 IP
  5. fadetoblack22

    fadetoblack22 Well-Known Member

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    I don't want to wipe it clean as its taken nearly a year to get to this stage.

    Yeh the user is: AleksaMnk
     
    fadetoblack22, Jul 7, 2009 IP
  6. fadetoblack22

    fadetoblack22 Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for the translation. It does sound a bit dodgy. Although the post was more than a month ago. I only just noticed it. They haven't done anything else since so I could be ok.

    The phpbb forum isn't as good as this one. That's why i brought it up here.
     
    fadetoblack22, Jul 7, 2009 IP
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    #7
    I'm more concerned that it may be a security issue though. Someone there on the phpbb boards may recognize the issue and suggest a fix.
     
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    #8
    check the folder and files in your templates directory are NOT chmod 777

    have you looked in your list of users for the user name?
     
    linkteam, Jul 7, 2009 IP
  9. fadetoblack22

    fadetoblack22 Well-Known Member

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    The user doesn't exist. No the files are 755 or 744.

    thanks.
     
    fadetoblack22, Jul 8, 2009 IP
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    #10
    it has to be one or the other surely:

    a) a template file that has been hacked
    b) a user that is in the database that you can delete, or a post that is in the database that you can delete
     
    linkteam, Jul 8, 2009 IP
  11. fadetoblack22

    fadetoblack22 Well-Known Member

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    I couldn't find the post in the database. Do you know how I would go about fixing the template if it is hacked?
     
    fadetoblack22, Jul 8, 2009 IP
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    #12
    Its an xrumer post mate. Just delete it.

     
    udmspace, Jul 8, 2009 IP
  13. fadetoblack22

    fadetoblack22 Well-Known Member

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    It won't let me delete it.

    Edit: Ok, I managed to find it in the database now.

    thanks.
     
    fadetoblack22, Jul 8, 2009 IP
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    #14
    I thought you said you had tried that already.
     
    theapparatus, Jul 8, 2009 IP