hi,
I need your help. plzzzzzz help me.
I have setup web wiz forums v7.6
we have two admins - jaleo and india.
the administrator account pass is changeed and nobody knows that
few minutes ago i saw that in active user list it was showing administrator with 1 minute of login. also it was showing winxp and ie6. after 10mins its not there.
plz let me know is this hacking attempt or else how did someone login to that id,
thank you 4 ur co-operation

INDIA

help me out, guys

its urgent

now, after 5-6 hrs, it is

wats happening

Change all your admin passwords to something hard to crack.

If he has a packet sniffer, you may be able to throw him off or at least make him dig by doing the following:

1. If you haven't already, create a different account with admin rights.
2. Login with that account.  He may not be scanning for that account's username and password.
3. Go into the Administrator's profile and change the Administrator's password there.

Also, make sure that you do not have any Adware or Spyware on your computer.  There are key loggers than can transmit everything you type back to the hacker, including your username and password.  Get some spyware removers to scan for and get rid of these.

ok. thanks 4 the reply.
as i said 2 admins, 1 id amond them belons 2 me. admin id i changed password after 1sta attempt with winxp, after 4hrs, again ir shows with winnt. i think this is  sabug.

plz check

-boRg- wrote: The main admin account is what your main admin needs to use this account!! ** i am the main admin but i use the account "india". can i delete/suspend the admin account? You should have the minimum amount of admin accounts possible!! ** Yes, only me and more more person is admin, Nobody else. Change the default password to something with number and characters. ** I did that Change the name of the admin account fom the default name!!! ** How to change that? Change the password for the admin account through the main forum so a new usercode is generated to prevent auto login working. ** How to do that? Don't believe what you see in the active users page as it is not accurate, due to the way HTTP works.

My replies in ** . Thank you

Borg, 1 more thing. i suspected it was a bug and i think its true because first of all, how it is possible that everytime a hacker logs on the operating system and ie version is changed?

secondly, i changed 2 times. how it is possible he guessed so easily? i think there is some limit of unsuccessful tries?

thirdly, i had downloaded the database. i disabled the admin account there. then i checked it was still showing in active user but profile was stating account disabled.
after 10mins, it did not come online. so i think its a bug

Wat do you say?

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i m using http://www.1asphost.com/ - www.1asphost.com web service. i cant use brinkster bcuz my database size is abt 29-30mb. do u know any other sites 4m where i can get more than 30mb space and asp support.

secondly, in 1asphost, can u plz let me know whether the directories are protected or not since i read some message on forum to keep database in a unwriteable folder. but if thats the case, how will it work?

plz read http://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=7460&PN=2 - http://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=7460&am p;am p;PN=2

thank you

-boRg- wrote: Never delete or disable the main admin account. Your forum will be UNSTABLE if you mess with this account. Certain features are only availbale through this account. Don't create a new admin account for the person in charge of the forum, always use the built in admin account changing the username and password for this account.

ok. fine. then i will again activate it. do i need to again do it from database or i can do it from my other admin id. but from my admin id India i dont see any option to reactive/deactivate that account

There are two admins - Me (India) and Jaleo. I am the owner. So, Can't I use the my id India for changing password etc. Is there any problem if i activate ADMINISTRATOR account and still i use my other id India?

Thank you,
India