Was my site hacked?

[raybait1]

http://www.sportsmansforum.net/

Im not sure what to do.

[Steve Machol]

That error is most likely from a plugin you've installed. You need to disable each of your plugins then turn one at a time to see which one is causing this.

If you cannot log into the Admin CP then to disable the plugin system, edit config.php and add this line right under <?php

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

This will disable all hooks and allow you to log in properly with no hooks running.

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/disable_plugins

[hosting-talk]

Also, you might want to look over any file modifications you did, make sure you did them right.

[raybait1]

I dont see config.php what should the path be?


Add: I found it

[Steve Machol]

It is in the 'includes' subdirectory of the main directory where you have vB installed.

[beishe8]

includes/config.php

Meh... Steve is quick as light

[raybait1]

I edited config.php and nothing changed.

[hosting-talk]

Go over the modifications you recently made, reverse them. You DID back up your forums before you made them, right?

[raybait1]

I backup files and DB regularly. Are you saying restore the file system or the DB?

Modifications are a few days old. everything has worked fine till now.

[hosting-talk]

Most likely, your files were modified, since mods aren't actually affecting this (as evidenced with you adding that line to config.php).

Let's go back to this:
What WERE you working on before this happened? This isn't an indication that your site was hacked, no, but that you've got a mod gone wrong. If turning off mods doesn't do it, look at what core files you modified.

[raybait1]

I wasnt working on anything. I was looking at whos online and have been for a few days trying to catch spammers before they post porn all over. The last thing I done was add questions to the human verification system.

[hosting-talk]

To answer your original question:
No, your site was not hacked

To get deeper into the problem, I'd suggest contacting a professional programmer and developer, because something got screwed up somewhere in your code.

[youradultworld]

Need help? PM me ftp access if you want help, I can try to fix and tell you what the problem was.

[raybait1]

HAHA ok!

[raybait1]

To answer your original question:
No, your site was not hacked

To get deeper into the problem, I'd suggest contacting a professional programmer and developer, because something got screwed up somewhere in your code.

I have backups should I restore the file system?