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In this case, he is asking you to open options.php up in a text editor. And copy and paste the contents into a reply box... At least I think he means that.
How to prevent this?
Well a number of ways.
- Changing your password every X amount of days.
- Directory Password Protecting the AdminCP
- Setting your ADMIN user from being modified in the config.php
- My personal favourate: Rename the AdminCP folder, and telling config.php where and what the new one is, and preform Step 2 on that folder. Then make a blank folder called admincp with a blank index.php in there. [Make sure this AdminCP is passworded too. It pisses hackers off to see a passworded area with nothing in it. Lol!] Remember when doing upgrades to put them in the new folder and ignore the line "Upload AdminCP contents to Admincp on the site" upload it to the personal folder.
- Having only one person who is an Administrator.
- Having a really long or complex password. My favourate [WHICH IS MY OLD ONE] was "Mary had a little lamb." It had caps, spaces, fullstop/ period, etc.... Simple. But it worked!
Those are my suggestions. They worked for me. But hey. What would I know, right? I've been running forum software for over 10 years and never ever been hacked once. Ever.