I'm a newbie to web hosting and my website has been hacked.
what should i do
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demonhale posted this at 09:44 — 16th March 2007.
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What specifically happened to your site? Can't you re-upload you backup files and set your file permissions to a secure value than 777...?
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timjpriebe posted this at 15:02 — 16th March 2007.
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1. Restore the backup, or have your web host restore the backup. If no such backup exists, it's time to change web hosts...
2. Change all admin usernames and passwords.
3. Plan ahead for next time. Note the things that were difficult or impossible this time, and plan for them. If your site got hacked once, it can get hacked again. There's nothing you can do to completely prevent it. Just be more prepared for it next time.
Tim
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andy206uk posted this at 20:16 — 16th March 2007.
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Hey... don't blame the hosts
, it's not their fault if your site passwords weren't secure. Yes they might have a backup but you should also ensure that you have your own. What if the data centre gets blown up? (there was recently a terrorist plot to blow up the UK's main data centre and that hosts sites for about 90% of the UK's hosted sites!!) Do you think a host can keep backups for thousands of sites off site easily? You should *always* have your own backups where possible. It's common sense really.
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dew posted this at 12:27 — 17th March 2007.
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resotre a backup.check the permssions.
timjpriebe posted this at 16:17 — 20th March 2007.
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I wasn't implying that the web host was at fault for insecure passwords. However, any web host worth its salt should be backing up your site on a regular basis. And if they aren't, it's easy enough to find a different web host that does.
Although I do agree you should have your own backup. But I was addressing this specific situation, in which it's too late if there isn't already a backup.
Tim
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razsports posted this at 22:25 — 21st March 2007.
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Create a long long hard to remember password such as:
P#$XSA#$89#$965
Greg K posted this at 23:37 — 21st March 2007.
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Darn it now i have to go change my password. You guesed it... LOL
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razsports posted this at 23:54 — 21st March 2007.
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Greg,
LOL. To think I was just throwing out numbers.
tummy posted this at 12:46 — 22nd March 2007.
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Have you done any back up at all?