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Originally Posted by teamemmenracing

................... well I have tried everything and its still there.
worst of all, when I try to copy files back to my computer, they are all password protected and I cant access them.

Finally I went to my host and deleted everything from the server ........ except the database, then loaded new files that I just downloaded from the vbulletin members area ......

and from nowhere this file appears .....

zdberrb4476bf0aed19d1e05964d0757f51.dat

it doesn't look legit, I managed to open it up and the only contents were a number .....

13790115241146

Im thinking I now have a server problem .....

any ideas ?

Get back ups of both your files and the db PRIOR to the hack. Contact your provider to make sure they wipe everything off your hosted server and DB. Upload backups and see if that helps. Most host providers can get backups, either through their interface or requesting...

CHANGE all your passwords on your host, FTP, etc. DB pw etc, before uploading backup files, change config files to reflect. I would also force everyone on the site to put in a new pw, and I would change the admin pw...


I would also check your htaccess files for code, redirects, etc...