Miss_B

Imo the posts and topics of guests are easier to delete with the sql queries without causing much issues. This would be the better way under the circumstances.

What project would that be? Regarding the upgrade, ave a look at the section called Manual Upgrade at the following link below.

I haven't used it myself, hence why I was not aware of that. Thank you for the clarification.

Also misc is not part of the core_members table by default a.f.a.i.k.

What was the latest change/modification done to the forum before this started to happen?

If the conversion has been completed I think it is safe to uninstall it.

What do you mean by compatibility check that shutting down apps?

Do you have cPanel? If you do, it comes with an error log section that allows you to view errors generated by your website.

What about the server error log, is anything logged in there? That can be found at your cPanel.

Here you go: What was the latest change/modification done to the forum before the error happened? Are there any errors logged in at the Server Error log page?

What was the latest change done to the forum before this happening? Regarding the third party apps/plugins, did any of them add/modify/edit the registration?

Disabling that feature will make it a spam magnet.

You need to extent the \IPS\Member hook class. And the function that you need is called: public function save()

The statement made by @Marc Stridgen was very helpful and very accurate, spot on as well. Look at the questions that you keep asking. You don't even know what third party apps are or where they can be found. I am sorry to say this and I really hope that I don't come off as rude, but it looks like that short of spoon feeding everything to you, there is not much that one can do. Just saying.

Although manipulating the database directly isn't something that I would recommend, unless one knows what they are doing, I think this will help you in retrieving your password. If you have access to phpmyadmin try this. Go to the database that you have used to install your Ipb forum and then run the fowllowing sql query from the SQL tab. UPDATE `core_members` SET members_pass_hash ='$2y$10$3KMSmbRwex9.wTYdv2/1gukbyCYAvvmob/6G23O9MaA5otd0hzs3u' WHERE member_id = x; Replace x with your member id and if you are using a prefix for your database tables, add it to the core_members table name in the example query above. That will reset your password to test. After you log in on the front end, you can change it to something secure.

That would be a good move. Like that you will not have to worry yourself with the security and other server related headaches and you can concentrate on building your community.

That would be the forum directory. What is your forum url? If it is yourforum.com then the directory is in the root of the /www/, /public_html/ folders inside your server space. If you have installed your forum to another folder, such as yourforum.com/ipb for example, then the directory is /ipb/. In other words whatever folder you have installed your Ipb forum. If you have installed it in a subdomain, then that is your directory. Hope it helps.

Most likely they meant the latest version of Ipb. As asked above, what version of Ipb do you have?

You have nothing to aorry about in that regard, really. Ips takes security very seriously and they have their customers best interests at heart. Hence why they check very thoroughly every single third party item submited in the Merketplace.

Whatever you do, make sure to have checked everything that you will be moving to the new host, to ensure that it will be malware free. It looks like a backdoor scanario to me. Hence my advice above about a thorough checkup for them. Have you contacted your host? You can also contact your new host and explain the situation to them and ask them if they will move the site for you and make sure that everything will be clean and safe in the new environment. A lot of hosts will do that for the new clients.

Personally I highly doubt that said app, or any other app for that matter which is downloaded from the Marketplace here is the cause of it. Everything that get submitted it here is thoroughly checked by the MP Moderators. You don't need to do a fresh install imo, all you have to do is overwrite your forum files with those from the Ipb package that you can download from your Client Centre. I am assuming that you are running the latest version, if not it would be best to upgrade your forum asap. Doing that it will ensure that any infected core files, will be cleaned up automatically. You mentioned Wordpress, are you using their latest version? What about any of their third party apps/plugins, are you using their latest versions as well? What should be done imo, is to do a very though checkup of your server space for any backdoors that might have been left behind. Also did you contact your host? You can aks them to check their logs around the time that the infection happened in the hopes that the culprit can be identified and be dealt with.

I have also coded an app that will allow the admins to change the start date of topics, among other things.

Thank you for the example code and the explanation @Matt. Looking forward to the new dev blocks.

Thank you for the suggestion/idea. I really like it. I 've noted it and I will be adding it in the new version. A.f.a.i.k. guests and google bots should be treated the same. Doing otherwise can result in a forum being blacklisted from their services.