There are security issues running any version of any forumware or CMS.

Do you have security issues right now?

Top right hand corner of the screen, beside your username. It's there when I test it.

Strictly speaking, older software will always be less secure than newer versions of any software. In this case, however, vB4 and vB5 forums seem to be especially being targeted in recent months. This doesn't necessarily mean that they're less secure. It just means that hackers are currently less interested in vB3 forums. Of course, this could change.

Check the demo, read the reviews. Weigh what it is you want from the software vs what it is it looks like it can actually deliver and decide based on that. You'll get nothing but mixed reviews if you ask directly on any of these boards, as, naturally, you're on a vB board, so you're going to get positive responses about vB, and then you've got the haters who've only stuck around to deter people from ever buying the software again ever. And, of course, the people who fall in between there somewhere. So far you've only gotten the replies from the folks, like me, in between. I think it falls short on some things, but in other places it seems to work fairly well. So I'm cautious as to what I recommend, as what I find satisfactory may not be what you're looking for.

No, don't see it. Firefox 24.0.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/10/7.png

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No but going on 3 years I feel the need to catch up. I decided, I'm upgrading 4.0.8 to 4.2.2. I'll look at 5.x in another three years.

Thanks everyone for their help.

I notice you have a username, like the one here. If you logged in with the information the demo sends to your email, then your username would be your email address. Did you login with that information, or did you just register as a new user on the board? Because that would be why you have no administrative access.

That's the demo for you do you think they will give you the option to do everything

It's supposed to be there, per my picture above.

In a word NO i`d say either stick with vb4 and upgrade to the latest working version 4.2.1 . 4.2.2 works fine but you do have to make some file edits to get rid of warning messages and another error .or just do what alot have done and go with I.P.BOARD ect . i`ll be moving to I.P.BOARD when i`ve got the funds to spare tbh but i`ll still use my vb license on another forum i`ve got thats on mybb now