[Forum] Website full of spam and broken :(

[Gizzymomo]

Second time my installation of vbulletin got spam infested..

The first time this happend I did a full reinstall. However this time I decided to do thing properly.

I pruned all members and topics.

However my forum is non functioning now.

https://www.ikonicit.co.za/forum

cant click on forum categories etc. Please help.

[Hartmut]

Did you do something against spam in general? Like q & a while user register, using third party products like spam-o-matic to avoid spam posts?

[beishe8]

Did you do something against spam in general? Like q & a while user register, using third party products like spam-o-matic to avoid spam posts?

Seems the forum is hacked.

[AusPhotography]

What plugins were added?
What was your last backup?

[Hartmut]

Seems the forum is hacked.

That was my second thought as it looks like files are missing... ???

[borbole]

I loaded your forum and it seems fine to me. I take it that the issue has been solved?

[Hartmut]

Klick a link to a thread...

[borbole]

Klick a link to a thread...

Ah, I see it now. Thanks.

@Gizzymomo, when you say you did a full reinstall, what exactly does that mean?

[Gizzymomo]

I had vBulletin 3 then moved to 4 fresh install.

I had a question and a captcha?

Anything I can do?

[lazyfriends]

install glowhost spam-o-matic plugin to avoid spam. I have had free mind because of this plugin..

[Gizzymomo]

okay and as for the broken links etc?

[DoDeH1]

Might be this related to SEO settings?

[Hartmut]

Might be this related to SEO settings?

Could be, as I just checked and found out that the files are available. So either uninstall vBSEO if installed or set the user friendly URLs to default no.

[Gizzymomo]

I removed SEO friendly URL's and links are clickable.

however I pruned all the spam ( which is all the russian ones ) yet now they not clickable but they still show?

Any idea why

[Matthew Gordon]

If you mean it showing as the last post in the forum list, you need to update Forum Information. Admin CP -> General Update Tools -> Rebuild Forum Information.