iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 23, 2004 i read somwhere today that there is some fast spreading worm attacking phpBB forums.like that he erazes all data and change start page to somethng like... this page is infected with a worm... :roll: it spreads by using the google.. dunno what that meens.. i just had some small info in some news on site in croatian language so i doubt like to it will help u .. and nothing more.any1 know something more??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 23, 2004 great!i found some info on sophos pages:https://www.sophos.com/en-us/search-results.aspx?search=pperlsantya&refine=7edf01e4de3c4c8791a56ba6ce685d09take a look... there is a way to fix it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 23, 2004 Thanks for the warning and the fixed page... :wink: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 23, 2004 There is also a MAJOR BUG in php ..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 24, 2004 I'd some problems with an PHP-Nuke website that was attacked by an hacker that introduced himself in the database as the super administrator. I couldn.t delete him... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 26, 2004 Just download Panda Webadmin from http://www.pandasecurity.com/germany/homeusers/downloads/I will put a note in my info topic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 28, 2004 Well, updating to phpBB 2.0.11 is the best answer! Also, people shpuld update their php tio at least 4.3.10 ............. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 30, 2004 My friend's site's PHP-BB forum went down and wouldn't come back up until he reinstalled it, I don't know what that was all about but it pissed him off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 30, 2004 Phpbb seems to have a lot of flaws it seems. But upgrading is prolly the best as abcde said. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 30, 2004 Well, the newest version of that virus attacks EVERY page with php. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 31, 2004 http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/article here including mod_security filters to use Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted January 9, 2005 How do you protect your forum from worms & virus`s? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted January 9, 2005 if its running on php, i can show a nice way to filter out all santy worm attacks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted January 10, 2005 How do you protect your forum from worms & virus`s?Update to the newest version of phpBB (currently at writing this it's 2.0.11).Update the php (only the admin can!) to at least 4.3.10.A good configuration of the serversoftware. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted January 13, 2005 hmm... the worm maker must be a talented hacker, i'd be happy if he could learn me somethin' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
