Website after hack

SouzaSouza Posts: 9,400
edited January 1970 in MJDHI News
As you all have noticed, the site was hacked so I have been re-installing everything the last two days. I made a complete new forum install and only copied the most important things such as posts and members to this new install. This can mean that your profile settings have changed, just check your profile to set it again as you are used to. It's also possible that your avatar is gone, or that your signature is not as it should. These are all things you need to fix yourself.<br /><br />Also, anyone who has the direct link of the forum in their bookmarks, need to change that link from http://www.michaeljacksonhoaxforum.com/smf2.0/index.php to http://www.michaeljacksonhoaxforum.com/forum/index.php. Also: clear your browser cache and delete cookies. If you don't know how that works, please ask someone who does or do a Google search. <br /><br />If you encounter any problems that you can't fix yourself in your profile, please post in this thread and I will see if I can help out.<br /><br />Please walk through your profile settings to make sure it's not something you can fix yourself first before you post any problems. New feature (or returned actually) is the blog option, you can find that in your profile. Here you can start your own blog outside the forum. A link to the blogs can be found in the menu, although that link will only work when there is an actual blog to show, it will give an error now until someone posts.<br /><br />Last but not least: can everyone please either follow the MJDHI facebook page or Twitter account? I got numerous questions in all kinds of ways about what was going on, while I will always update Twitter or Facebook in case there is something wrong with the forum. Now I had to repeat myself every time.<br /><br />If you notice anything strange again in the future, notify me immediately and I will check it out. I installed new security programs, so I hope this will not happen again.

"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

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  • SouzaSouza Posts: 9,400
    ps: the menu on top changed a litte. Home is going to the main website, Portal goes to the forum homepage with the latest posts etc.

    "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

  • SouzaSouza Posts: 9,400
    Another ps: It's possible Smileys and special characters from old posts don't show as they should. I can't help that but I can change it if really necessary.

    "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

  • AndreaAndrea Posts: 3,787
    Darn hackers!  This is just a test post to see how it looks.<br /><br />Thanks Souza, for doing what you do!
  • Thanks for all the work Souza! :smiley_abuv:
  • popisdeadpopisdead Posts: 205
    thanks Souza for your hard work...it means so much for all of us to have  aplace like here to feel near our loved mj...hope ypu'll like my new avatar... ;D<br /> :th_bravo:
  • paula-cpaula-c Posts: 7,221
    Thank you Souza, for what hack  so much this forum? Others work normally and without problems.<br /><br />hacker!! :images:
  • AdiAdi Posts: 1,834
    A' hole hackers<br /><br /> :icon_evil:
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    <br />Thank you Souza, for what hack  so much this forum? Others work normally and without problems.<br /><br />hacker!! :images:<br />
    you said it !!! :over-react-smiley: :Pulling_hair: :screaming-7365:
  • sandythymesandythyme Posts: 365
    Souza thank you for all you have done in the past and all you do now.  The thyme and effort you put into this site is amazing for this I am grateful to you.  I was generally lost while we were down.  Not that I don't have a million things going on and to do, it's just this has become such a part of my life.  To those hackers out there with nothing better to do, please go do something more productive and leave us alone, we aren't hurting you.  Thank you again Souza, you are one in a million.  Love to you and everyone here!  :bearhug:
  • MJonmindMJonmind Posts: 7,290
    on 1332944508:
    <br />Souza thank you for all you have done in the past and all you do now.  The thyme and effort you put into this site is amazing for this I am grateful to you.  I was generally lost while we were down.  Not that I don't have a million things going on and to do, it's just this has become such a part of my life.  To those hackers out there with nothing better to do, please go do something more productive and leave us alone, we aren't hurting you.  Thank you again Souza, you are one in a million.  Love to you and everyone here!  :bearhug:<br />
    <br />All you said I agree with.  I also have a ton I should be doing, but when the site is down it's hard to concentrate.  :errrr: <br /><br />God bless you Souza, for your sacrifice and dedication! :icon_e_smile:
  • SweetangelSweetangel Posts: 259
    Hello Souza,<br />I'm a little confused. I did delete the Cookies and the Cache of today. But still it is the same, both adress are redirecting me to other sites.<br />I can only use this Forum when I access it under "Community". Or have I to delete all Cookies and the whole Cache? Do I need a new Password <br />for my account than? Sorry for my Questions, but I m not such technical Fox like you. At least I wanted to thank you for your hard work, you are<br />really incredible.<br /><br />Much Peace and Love to everyone.
  • SouzaSouza Posts: 9,400
    on 1332946685:
    <br />Hello Souza,<br />I'm a little confused. I did delete the Cookies and the Cache of today. But still it is the same, both adress are redirecting me to other sites.<br />I can only use this Forum when I access it under "Community". Or have I to delete all Cookies and the whole Cache? Do I need a new Password <br />for my account than? Sorry for my Questions, but I m not such technical Fox like you. At least I wanted to thank you for your hard work, you are<br />really incredible.<br /><br />Much Peace and Love to everyone.<br />
    <br /><br />You should delete all cookies and empty your complete cache. You won't need a new password, you only have to log in again.

    "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

  • curlscurls Posts: 3,111
    Other un-techie people like me might find this site I just found helpful:<br /><br />http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser's-Cache&lt;br /><br />Well done Souza, hope you can get some sleep now!
  • becbec Posts: 6,387
    I'm not sure why a hacker would bother anymore, you always fix it, they never succeed, what's the point? Thanks, Souza. The day you give up and go away is the day we all cry at the same time.
  • curlscurls Posts: 3,111
    Slightly off topic, but maybe not - I deleted cookies and emptied my cache and the whole of my internet activity (not just here) has speeded up to instantaneous!!  Impressive or what!  Is this something I should be doing periodically anyway regardless of obvious problems?  Sorry if this sound incredibly stupid, but I'm trying to learn!
  • SarahliSarahli Posts: 4,265
    Thank you Souza and Bravo!  :smiley_abuv:
  • SweetangelSweetangel Posts: 259
    on 1332946957:
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    on 1332946685:
    <br />Hello Souza,<br />I'm a little confused. I did delete the Cookies and the Cache of today. But still it is the same, both adress are redirecting me to other sites.<br />I can only use this Forum when I access it under "Community". Or have I to delete all Cookies and the whole Cache? Do I need a new Password <br />for my account than? Sorry for my Questions, but I m not such technical Fox like you. At least I wanted to thank you for your hard work, you are<br />really incredible.<br /><br />Much Peace and Love to everyone.<br />
    <br /><br />You should delete all cookies and empty your complete cache. You won't need a new password, you only have to log in again.<br />
    <br /><br />Thank you Souza
  • SouzaSouza Posts: 9,400
    Portal is fixed.

    "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

  • RKRK Posts: 3,019
    Souza....you're brilliant.  And really really appreciated.
  • SarahliSarahli Posts: 4,265
    Souza I have posting issues. I just now wanted to make a post (text + videos) but it doesn't work properly as my post is deleted almost completely when I hit "post". Only the first line remains. I don't know if there is something specific to do? Thank you.
  • SouzaSouza Posts: 9,400
    on 1332959882:
    <br />Souza I have posting issues. I just now wanted to make a post (text + videos) but it doesn't work properly as my post is deleted almost completely when I hit "post". Only the first line remains. I don't know if there is something specific to do? Thank you.<br />
    <br /><br />That has something to do with special characters. Go to the portal, then select the language 'english utf-8' in the profile block on the left. You should be able to post again after that.

    "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

  • SarahliSarahli Posts: 4,265
    on 1332960477:
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    on 1332959882:
    <br />Souza I have posting issues. I just now wanted to make a post (text + videos) but it doesn't work properly as my post is deleted almost completely when I hit "post". Only the first line remains. I don't know if there is something specific to do? Thank you.<br />
    <br /><br />That has something to do with special characters. Go to the portal, then select the language 'english utf-8' in the profile block on the left. You should be able to post again after that.<br />
    <br /><br />Thank you Souza! Indeed I can post now.  :icon_e_wink:
  • GINAFELICIAGINAFELICIA Posts: 6,506
    @Sou I have a question: the ones who hacked the site were able to see the private messages between members?<br />
  • SouzaSouza Posts: 9,400
    on 1332962704:
    <br />@Sou I have a question: the ones who hacked the site were able to see the private messages between members?<br />
    <br /><br />No, but I wouldn't send important stuff through pm on here anyway, it would be better to use email for that.<br /><br />Anyway, this hacker just put virusses in the code of the site and didn't hack any of the databases.

    "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

  • MaryKMaryK Posts: 1,732
    Yes, portal works fine  :icon_razz: <br />But "Most recent posts" does not seem to update. Only "Recent updated topics".
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