James wrote: > Lucy wrote: > >> 2009/6/30 John <jake...@sky.com>: >> >> >>> Hi Lucy, >>> >>> Having checked that, it proved very useful, as they are trying very hard >>> not to answer any of my queries directly, plus it was around that time >>> that they admitted to having a problem, and when I questioned them about >>> and told them I knew it was the same person that made that attack and >>> this one, why is it he is still able to attack the server. To which they >>> stopped answering my messages. They tried to tell me that it was a multi >>> IP attack, by many different computers, to which I gave the address as >>> proof, to show them it was just one person. Not happy they arent. >>> >>> I'm not happy either that they wont help me and show me what exactly was >>> the problem with my site. Its been very frustrating. >>> >>> >> I'm sorry to hear you're still having problems with them, but not >> entirely surprised :/ >> >> As your sites have been restored any evidence will have been removed >> about what happened. I would recommend double-checking that you're >> running the latest version of Wordpress and phpbb, plus any plugins >> you use for both sites. Then start reading up about securing them - I >> don't know enough to properly advise unfortunately. I would say that >> it's impossible to guarantee stopping this happening again but you can >> reduce the chances by taking these steps. >> >> If your ISP are happy to continue hosting the sites then I'd guess >> that the problem has been fixed for now. >> >> I hope you manage to sort things out. Might be worth starting a new >> thread about cheap hosting providers if not! >> >> Best wishes >> >> >> > Just to add to this - WordPress 2.8 was released a few weeks back. Might > be worth updating to that version, and make sure that your plugins are > updated ASAP. > > James > > Hi both, the site has been updated, and so have the plugins.
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