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Originally Posted by vwjunkie

That would suck. Vbulletin support said the same thing in the response I just got back. I don't have a backup though so I don't know what I'm going to do about that. I know there is a feature to do that but its in the admin cp which I cant get to.

Jason

From your description it looks like the db hasn''t been demaged badly. So make a backup of it in the condition that it is. You can do so from the phpmyadmin in the cp of your host.

Then upload a fresh copy of the latest version, 4.0.7. in your server space and then run the upgrader. That is only if you were using an older version when you got hacked. If you were already using 4.0.7. running the upgrader won''t be necessary. Then get your admin account back. If the way through tools.php didn''t work (what was the exact error you got btw), then do it so from the db directly. Also check the user tables for any other admins that shouldn''t be there and delete them if there will be any.

Change all your passwords again, admin, ftp and cp. Then ask your host to check their logs and see how exactly did the hacker/s managed to get access to your forum. If your host will not be forthcoming, then maybe it is time to start looking for another host.

After you do all this, let us know so we can guide you how to get your posts and theads back.