How to delete old old old hacks properly.

[Hornstar]

I've always wanted to know how to delete old hacks properly, as I seem to have some really old one from back in the 3.0.x days still floating around my admincp vbulletin options menu lol. (and i cant seem to find uninstall options anymore)

I think it is time to clean out the old hacks, to make sure they are not exploitable in some way or form, and to make sure my site is just overall clean.

I will post a screen shot of what I mean below.

Basically in the screen shot you can see some old hacks like the ushop, ucash and blank one which is a shoutbox when you click on it and some more i think.

Things I have tried so far:

• Deleting the files from the directory forums, forums/admincp etc.
• uninstalling products from the admincp (but as these are from the 3.0.x days they were not included back then lol)

I'm thinking maybe the database will need to be edited in phpmyadmin but I dont want to touch that until a last resort because knowing me, I'll delete a table that is important lol.

I'm looking forward to reading all suggestions, input, help etc. maybe even a tutuorial if you wish

Thanks.

[Ntfu2]

includes/xml folder

try looking at the default vBulletin installation and comparing it to what you have and remove the ones that you dont need

[Dismounted]

That's not going to work. Because he's using 3.0.x hacks, which have no XML/Plugin support. I suggest you reupload the forum files, overwriting old ones, that'll clean up all the file edits.

[Hornstar]

I have deleted any old files throughout includes as well, however that has not fixed anything,

and i have also uploaded all of vbulletins files and overwritted all the files already.

or did you mean something else?

Thanks, and keep your ideas coming in.

[Kentaurus]

It really depends on the hack. Probably you have the readme or instructions that were used to install the hack? You'd need to follow the uninstall instructions (if available), or to at least undo whatever was done to install the hack, meaning:

If you did code edits, comment or delete that part of the code, or reupload the file
If you did template modifications, undo the modifications or revert the template
If you did database modifications...
and added a new column, delete it
and modified a column, check a stock vbulletin installation to modify it
and added new tables, delete them
If you added extra files, you can also delete those
If you change permissions in files (like creating a chmod directory), you can delete that

.... that's for an old-school hack Products have made uninstalling a mod a lot easier

[Hornstar]

I'm thinking of creating a new forums with a new database and importing the database over with impex, that way the forums will be 100% clean and fresh. Then i'll add the hacks that I use, and the skins and it should be the best way.

What do you think of this idea considering my database is almost 2 gigs. is it worth a try?

[cashpath]

Ok here is a question pertaining to this..

When you click on Vbulletin options.. and then there is a drop down list of options... WHERE is the info that creates that list located?

In the database?

In a file?

That info would help a lot... thanks