Smilie deletion question.

[leftie]

Hello there.
We have been getting a message that our site may be vulnerable to malware. I have found that the problem was that one of our smilies had a path that went to a site that had been reported...

[leftie]

Thanks Trevor, i'll try that.

[leftie]

I keep getting this database error at the same time everyweek (more or less). I can see that there are too many connections but why is it always at the same time. Thanks for your help.

Database

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[leftie]

I keep getting this error message.

Database error in vBulletin :
 
mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL

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[leftie]

You pointed me in the right direction.
The server user didn't have the server prefix in front of it. Why didn't i just get a vb database error?...

[leftie]

Ok. I've downloaded a new zip and re-uploaded the includes and install folder and i still get the same message when i enter the install system for the first time.

[leftie]

I used filezilla. I'm trying to reupload files now.

[leftie]

complete new install and database. I get this message on top of the first page of the install (where you enter the customer number).

Warning: mysql_query(): supplied argument is not a

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[leftie]

Erm.... the UK knows that it once ruled the world, the US just thinks it has.

[leftie]

Do you know where i change the ftp password only?

[leftie]

The passwords to cpanel, ftp and the forum database are the same.
If i use the cpanel function to change passwords will it change the password to ftp and will the forum config.php need to be edited...

[leftie]

eeek my index.php has been hacked again with a script.

[leftie]

Yes, my home computers are clean but i remember that my work computer got infected with malware a few months ago and only malwarebytes would get rid of it.

[leftie]

Ok... found it. It is still within the archive/index.php

[leftie]

Thanks for the reply.

I am not using vbseo.

I have deleted the script and all the junk has been removed from the footer of the archive index page.
I am still getting...

[leftie]

Thanks Zachery .... i'll delete it once i'm home. Has this most likely been injected via a hack?

[leftie]

Ok... i have looked at the archive/index.php file and there looks to be non vbulletin code at the bottom. I'll post the last bit of code of what i believe to be vbulletin and the start of the offending...

[leftie]

Hi all
My site is running 3.7.2. I have had an email from google saying there is malware on the /archive. When i look at the webmaster tools in the google account this is the errors i find....

[leftie]

How to park domain tutorial.
http://www.webhostingresourcekit.com...0_x2_park.html

Also make sure that your cpanel hosts nameserver is set where your domain name...

[leftie]

Thanks, i'll give it a go.