Has my blog been hijacked.

  • Resolved gatorgse

    (@gatorgse)


    16 years, 3 months ago

    On Nov 25 I added two ads to my site that were recommended as traffic boosters. That is the only changes I made. Since that time, my traffic has dropped by 75%, and has almost the exact number of hits for the last 4 days. This is my .htaccess file. Does this look normal?

    ‘# BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
    </IfModule>

    # END WordPress’

    I obviously am not well versed on these.

    Thanks

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  • Is GoDaddy restoring your database only, or all the files too?

    You need to make sure the files on your server are clean as well.

    Follow the steps that Bob mentions:

    just to be sure also upgrade wp, change your passwords, clean up your wp-blog-header.php, delete wp-info.txt and any files with odd extensions, an invisible user “wordpress” might have been created so check your database.

    file permissions may have been changed also.

    It’s better to go through all the steps, and have peace of mind.

    GoDaddy charges $150 for a file restore? That is incredible to me. I can just call my host up any time and ask for one, but I make nightly back ups to avoid having to. Perhaps you should look into another host.

    Thread Starter gatorgse

    (@gatorgse)

    whooami, I’m not sure I understood all you said, but should I go back to the 20th for the restore, or get rid of that file. If so, how would i eliminate it?

    Thread Starter gatorgse

    (@gatorgse)

    Called GoDaddy today to take the restore back to the 20th,because traffic is still off, and it turns out they only went back to the 30th (LOL) Now they will go back to the 20th. I have checked the places everyone recommended and see none of those files or users. Thanks again to everyone. And what did whooami mean by doing the snoopy fix?

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