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My Ste was Hacked - Need to Upgrade


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Hello all

 

Before I type further, I need to state that I'm a complete numpty at all this!

 

I hadn't looked at our site for more than a week so when I tried to yesterday, I was surprised to see some other page appear - just afew lines of text, nothing nasty or rude :)

 

Anyway, I contacted my hosting service and they were very quick in replying as follows:

 

Hi,

 

Your site was hacked. I found many hackers scripts in your account. I deleted all these scripts for you and restore your site.

I advise you:

1. reset your cpanel password and the password for your site admin panel

2. scan your local PC using some good anti-virus

3. update your osCommerce and it's modules to the latest version.

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Kind regards,

 

I was very grateful for their help in clearing the hackers scripts and I've followed their instructions in point 1 & 2. Point 3 however is going to be beyond me as I have no idea!

 

Can someone suggest my best option to get this sorted?

 

Many thanks

 

John

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3. update your osCommerce and it's modules to the latest version.

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Point 3 however is going to be beyond me as I have no idea!

 

Can someone suggest my best option to get this sorted?

 

Many thanks

 

John

 

I'd start by determining what version of osCommerce store you have. I find that by going in to the admin side then:

 

tools-->server info

 

on that page I see my version: osCommerce Online Merchant v2.2 RC2a

 

Once you know your version, that's a good starting point. My hunch though is that you'll want add the security items given here

 

It's worth the effort. Good luck!

I am not a professional webmaster or PHP coder by background or training but I will try to help as best I can.

I remember what it was like when I first started with osC. It can be overwhelming.

However, I strongly recommend considering hiring a professional for extensive site modifications, site cleaning, etc.

There are several good pros here on osCommerce. Look around, you'll figure out who they are.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Sorry for the delay in replying! I thought I'd subscribed to the thread.

 

I'm using:

osCommerce Online Merchant v2.2 RC2a

 

I'll take a look at the link you included.

 

Thanks very much for taking the time to reply.

 

John

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