I've learned, through administering some company wordpress sites that one really needs to stay on top of upgrading to the latest releases (of everything: Wordpress, themes, plug-ins, etc.) I imagine the same is true of just about any software out there (Drupal, Joomla, b2evolution, etc.)There are vulnerabilities that open up and bots are written to look for those vulnerable versions and exploit them.
Checking the Changelog of your software will often be informative on what improvements have been made and sometimes what vulnerabilities have been patched: http://www.longtermfix.com/test/blog/doc/changes.html Googling: "b2evolution [your version number] vulnerability" will also give some insights into what might have happened. It looks like b2evolution has been vulnerable to SQL injections and so that would be my first guess. In some cases the vulnerability results in your site being used to spam which ends up getting your site blacklisted by your web host or Google or other sites. That being said, you will surely find more knowledgeable people on the b2evolution forums. On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 11:14 PM, David Mann <dmann...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 2, 2014, at 5:00 am, Attila Boros <attila.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Ouch! Your host should also have backups, but it's a good idea to make >> your own backups for a little added safety. If your version is 5 years >> old, maybe you can't upgrade directly to the latest version, but >> better ask their support / forums. > > My advice with backups is to never trust a hosting provider to do them for > you, even if you're paying for it. Also restoring files can be expensive. A > company I used to work for found that out; after that we set up our own > remote backup system which proved quite useful in the long run. > > Attila's advice about the upgrade is good, maybe you can upgrade > incrementally provided you can get hold of the intermediate versions. I've > been involved in difficult upgrades like that before - all I can say is "good > luck" :) > > Cheers, > Dave > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
