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Why does my Joomla site keep getting hacked?
Something just isn’t right with your Joomla site. Maybe you’re seeing white screen, or dark background with hacker/his country flag, weird links/adverts in bottom section, or perhaps your site redirects to a another site (not yours). If you are lucky, you will get a notification from your host support that you have got infected files.
How to get rid of virus on Joomla site?
Quarantine: When this option is selected, the virus scanner moves the file to the quarantine directory. Destroy: When this option is selected, the virus scanner deletes the infected file. It means that you have to upload later a fresh one from clean package.
Where is the root of the configuration.php file?
/public_html normally is not the root of the configuration you are seeing, normally this would be something like /home/user/public_html. A new install normally detects this, otherwise you will have to find out with your FTP client and check which path it is.
Why is Google blacklisting Joomla for spam?
Thereafter search engines like Google blacklist your site for spam. So, when the users visit, they might be greeted with a page like this. After noticing the large-scale distribution of spam emails from the site, Google has listed it as an attack page.
How to set up security in Joomla back end?
Set the joomla security newsfeed as the main top module in your joomla admin control panel. Set up the Security Newsfeed Add the Admin Feed Display Module if it is missing. Enable it to the first place on your sites back end control panel. Do not enable or use anonymous ftp accounts for any reason.
Can a Joomla upgrade render a site inoperative?
Some version upgrades require a site migration and will render your Joomla site inoperative if used to replace an earlier version of Joomla when repairing site hacking. For example: Do not replace a 1.5.xx based site with version 2.5.xx of Joomla.