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Hmmm.

I have a ticket open in the support area for the theme developer so I have requested they come here and explain why they have that code.

I checked with the scanners Esmi listed and all three domains come up clean.

The hosting company said that it is a general move not just for me.

This doesn’t explain why I keep getting these 2 errors on my main domain which I don’t know how to fix. This site does not use the same theme as the subdomain sites.

I have re-uploaded a new version of WP-Includes from a fresh download.

Notice: register_sidebar_widget is deprecated since version 2.8! Use wp_register_sidebar_widget() instead. in /home/barryrod/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3467

Notice: register_sidebar_widget is deprecated since version 2.8! Use wp_register_sidebar_widget() instead. in /home/barryrod/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3467

More news:

This is what the theme developers said:

Please ask your host administrator to enable base64_decode() on your php server. PT won’t work until you have enabled this function on your server.

This is what the hosting said:

There is a common exploit with hackers using base64_decode/gzdeflate inside the php eval function to encode malicious code into unreadable format. We have disabled the use of these functions which is causing the errors you have been seeing when these functions are called. This can be worked around by disabling suhosin with the following php.ini entry:

[suhosin]
; Misc Options
suhosin.simulation = On

This will of course disable the security benefits of suhosin so we would recommend locating and removing the malicious code.

We strongly recommend checking all of your sites/scripts for illegitimate use of these functions.

Its unclear whether they are speaking generally or just about my sites.

What makes you say that the theme is “Highly Dubious”? That was in the folder on my HD, not online

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How come this just happened?

I changed nothing apart from adding a rel=author plug in on the main site and it was functioning fine with that. But the other 2 subdomains were working great and I hadn’t touched them or updated anything.

These are the errors on https://barryrodgers.com

Notice: register_sidebar_widget is deprecated since version 2.8! Use wp_register_sidebar_widget() instead. in /home/barryrod/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3467

Notice: register_sidebar_widget is deprecated since version 2.8! Use wp_register_sidebar_widget() instead. in /home/barryrod/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3467

No, that error is just on the 2 subdomain sites which are using Profits Theme. The main site (https://barryrodgers.com) does not use PT.

Here are the URLS

https://barryrodgers.com/members

https://barryrodgers.com/pwtlistbuildingbook/

Thanks

PS I just put a support ticket in a Profit Themes too.

The plug ins are deactivated.

Any clue as to what I should do next?

My main site is working again (although its lost a lot of the style stuff) and I can just turn off the error debug thing.

The other sites are another issue…how do I get those working?

Well, the theme is different. The main site uses the Multiple Threads Theme and the other two use Profits Theme. This is a very good theme for members sites etc.

Here are the errors for the subdomains:

The first one only has one error

Warning: base64_decode() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/barryrod/public_html/pwtlistbuildingbook/wp-content/themes/profitstheme_11/lib/init.php(1) : eval()’d code on line 1

The other has these:

Notice: add_option was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.3 with no alternative available. in /home/barryrod/public_html/members/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3389

Notice: add_option was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.3 with no alternative available. in /home/barryrod/public_html/members/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3389

Notice: add_option was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.3 with no alternative available. in /home/barryrod/public_html/members/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3389

Warning: base64_decode() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/barryrod/public_html/members/wp-content/themes/profitstheme_11/lib/init.php(1) : eval()’d code on line 1

Just done that and the three errors are still visible.

I also added to my ticket to my hosting company. This affected 3 WP installations at the same time all on the same domain

www[dot]domain.com
www[dot] domain.com/blog 2
www[dot]domain.com/blog 3

But it did not happen to any other WP installations under different domains on the same hosting account..

Yes I just did that via FTP.

I am getting these error messages in the dashboard and 2 orf them on my site.

Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /home/barryrod/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3551

Notice: register_sidebar_widget is deprecated since version 2.8! Use wp_register_sidebar_widget() instead. in /home/barryrod/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3467

Notice: register_sidebar_widget is deprecated since version 2.8! Use wp_register_sidebar_widget() instead. in /home/barryrod/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3467

I upgraded to latest WP,

But I still see this error in dashboard

Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /home/barryrod/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3551

I just changed the theme from the one I was using to defaul and the blog is now visible again.

Should I try re-uploading the theme again from my HD?

I see this message inside the dashboard:

Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /home/barryrod/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3551

Should I auto update WP?