[Klug-general] wanted: db advice/crashcourse for helping clean cracked wp site

David Halliday david.halliday at gmail.com
Thu Feb 23 21:07:03 UTC 2012


If the site has been compromised the only way to be sure nothing is left is
to remove all code etc...
I'd backup data and reinstall wp.
On Feb 23, 2012 8:57 PM, "James Morris" <jwm.art.net at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've offered to help clean up a word press site which has been
> targetted by the pharmacy style hacks. Something like this:
>
> http://redleg-redleg.blogspot.com/2011/02/pharmacy-hack.html
>
> I've got ssh access and have been removing instances of base64
> obfuscated code from various files in the site. I think I've tracked
> it all down but am worried about how it got there (though suspect use
> of ftp is to blame).
>
> Anyway, I need a bit of a crash course in mysql (i presume that's
> what's used) as I want to make sure the database is clean... Can
> anyone give advice or examples of queries that will help in this task?
>
> thanks,
> James.
>
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