[TECK]

my mistake.. sorry.
in vbHL index.php file, find:

$forum=$DB_site->query("SELECT forumid FROM forum");
while ($forums=$DB_site->fetch_array($forum)) {
  if($doperm["$forums[forumid]"]["canview"] == 1) {
    $forumperms[]=$forums["forumid"];
  }
  else {
    $forumperms[]=$forums["forumid"];
  }
}

replace it with:

$forum=$DB_site->query("SELECT forumid FROM forum WHERE forumid<>$newsforum");
while ($forums=$DB_site->fetch_array($forum)) {
  if($perms["$forums[forumid]"]["canview"] == 1 || !isset($perms["$forums[forumid]"]["canview"])) {
    $forumperms[]=$forums["forumid"];
  }
}

that should do it.