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/Peo, FreeWebSpace.net
Really sorry to hear that happened to you. I've heard of so many people who have had their Word Press sites hacked. I found these useful hints to protect a Word Press site from hacking . I'm sure they must be very basic ones for you, but worthwhile checking out any way: http://www.netmagazine.com/features/10-simple-ways-secure-your-wordpress-site
Sorry to hear that dude, I`ve had wp sites attacked recently myself, they rewrote the htaccess file and dumped a load of links for the purpose of promoting other domains.
In my experience they usually try to crack your website through unsecured / outdated plugins.
Keep an eye on the traffic to wp-admin / wp-login if it`s high then some person/s are trying to crack into your website. Also remove "Remember me" from the login page.
Really sad news. Please from next time use wordpress security plugin. Make the wp-admin folder password protected and try to take backup weekly. It is most essential. It can helps you a lot when all step fails.
dude, install WordFence. it is free and you can set it to auto block IPs after a certain number of attempts of logging in. Mine is set to 4 attempts, then blocks them for 30 days. in that 30 days, i will go perm block them. saved me from being hacked a number of times.
i find it easy. maybe reach out to me on one of my messengers and i can help you. also, make sure you have a secure password. always make sure to use a capital letter, a number, and try to use at lease one special character even.
example...
@dM1n08!
for admin08!
or spell things out with even more obscure things, like
i|3|2ig|-|t
for iBright
make yourself a library of things to use for certain letters. this way you are more secure...
a = @
A = /-\
b = 6
B = |3
c = c
C = C
d = d
D = |)
e = e
E = 3 (backwards E)
f = f
F = F
g = 9
G = G
h = 4 (upside down & backwards h)
H = |-|
i = i
I = |
j = j
J = J
k = |<
K = |<
l = l
L = 7 (upside down L)
m = m
M = |\/|
n = n
N = |\|
o = 0
O = 0
p = p
P = P
q = q
Q = Q
r = r
R = |2
s = $
S = $
t = +
T = +
u = u
U = U
v = v
V = \/
w = w
W = |/\|
x = x
X = ><
y = y
Y = Y
z = 2
Z = 2
WP is a mess, to be honest...same with Joomla. The whole freakin' thing is a complete security nightmare. I have seen so many of those installations hacked.