What to do with a site that is infected by a trojan

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by zxpro168, Dec 8, 2006.

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    I have a large forum that has been hacked and infected by a trojan. The trojan would automatically download onto the surfer's computer and crashes it.

    I restored a backup made a couple of weeks ago but it seems that the trojan was already there. The earliers trojan-free backup I have got is 6 months ago.

    I wonder if there is anyway to get rid of this trojan without having to restore this rather old backup? Any opinions would be appreciated.
     
    zxpro168, Dec 8, 2006 IP
  2. matthewrobertbell

    matthewrobertbell Peon

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    I assume your forum content is in a database? So try deleting the php or whatever files and then fresh installing them. It's unlikely that the trojan is in forum posts / user data.
     
    matthewrobertbell, Dec 8, 2006 IP
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    rochow Notable Member

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    I would like to know what to do with 8 trojans!
     
    rochow, Dec 16, 2006 IP
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    wormy Active Member

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    Turn 4 of them against the others. :cool:
     
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    rochow Notable Member

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    Done done & done! They destroyed each other... cannibals :p
     
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