Well, I think I just found the problem....it appears my database has been taken hostage....sigh
<?php /* Hello. We have taken your forum database hostage. Send 0.06 BTC to 1BWWCmzgbazqgVabaZeeXyk4iCDhn6jQ1b, and email your transaction ID to
vbhackerz@gmail.com, and the database will be yours again */ ?>
Will an upgrade "fix" things?
I did see that I am running version 5.1.8