Hacking Attempt?

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:22 pm

i just seen this message when i tried to view my forum. What do i do now?
http://www.truelegitballersdraftleague.com/modules.php?name=Forums

Corporal Joined: Dec 01, 2006 Posts: 64

Sorry, this module isn't active is what I saw. If that's your problem, it's quite easy to fix. Simply go into http://www.truelegitballersdraftleague.com/admin.php?op=modules and scroll down to the forums module. Then click the corresponding "Activate" link. (Don't worry, nobody but you can get to the admin page via that link unless they have the admin password.)

Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 9:39 am

i just deleted forum module and i was reinstalling it but it still says hacking attempt now

Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:35 am

how can i remove the hacking attempt so i can get my forum back?

Corporal Joined: Dec 01, 2006 Posts: 64

There are no hackers, and you appear to have a blocker on your computer that is preventing you from posting the word "hacker". There's an easy trick to sort this: simply type something like hac[b][/b]ker and it'll come up as "hacker".

But as to your problem:

POSSIBLE SOLUTION: 1

It's probably because IN_PHPBB is not defined. Are you sure that's in your forums files? The first few non-comment lines should look like this:

Code:

if ( !defined('MODULE_FILE') )
{
die("You can't access this file directly...");
}
if ($popup != "1"){
$module_name = basename(dirname(__FILE__));
require("modules/".$module_name."/nukebb.php");
}
else
{
$phpbb_root_path = 'modules/Forums/';
}

define('IN_PHPBB', true);
include($phpbb_root_path . 'extension.inc');
include($phpbb_root_path . 'common.'.$phpEx);

Make sure the define('IN_PHPBB', true); line is in there. Now, you'll need to do that with ALL the files in your modules/Forums directory (but not in subdirectories) except:

common.php
config.php
copyright.php
extension.inc
nukebb.php

POSSIBLE SOLUTION: 2

TRY THIS ONLY IF POSSIBLE SOLUTION 1 DOES NOT WORK

Perhaps there's an incorrect check in common.php or extension.inc. The first non-comment lines should look like this:

if ( !defined('IN_PHPBB') )
{
die("Hacking attempt");
}

If the line die("Hacking attempt"); has any other conditional, that's your problem. This should be the only place where you see those lines (in both files). Change if necessary and see if that does any good.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

It seems you have a word filter on your computer. You must disable it before making any changes, or your files will corrupt. Be sure to make a backup of them before changing anything.