[Learner29]

well,

I apologize if my question has been answered before, but here it is.

I installed this hack, and did all the changes, and the forum replied back saying :

Import of Files from database completed

If you are sure that the files have been imported correctly you may drop the filedata column in the attachment table

now, I went to the forum to see if "the files have been imported correctly" and all attachments are still downloadable..

I got a look at the attachments folder that I made on the root level and to which I gave the 777 chmod, and I found plenty of BINARY files with totally bizarre names such as 0b9732abf17c4032c2ef27fd562f4f70.file

1) does that mean the hack worked perfect for me now ???

2) when you say "you may drop the filedata column in the attachment table", does that mean in phpmyadmin???

3) would future attachments be automatically exported as files, or do I have to do anything every now and then???

4) if a user attaches a virus-containing zip file, can I simply delete it via FTP ? if not, how can I safely delete an attachment now??

thank you so much PPN for the great hack, I really appreciate your great help