If you suspect that your website has been hacked, the best thing to
do is to reinstall any software application (for example, a content
management system like WordPress or Joomla).
The steps below apply primarily to reinstalling WordPress, since that is the most commonly used (and therefore the most commonly hacked) software, but the general steps should hold true for many CMS installs.
Twenty Twelve is WordPress's current default theme, and since the following steps will take your WordPress install back down to a basic install, changing your theme now will make the process easier for you later.
If the default theme is not installed now, or if you cannot access your WordPress Dashboard, there will be instructions on how to install your current theme into your clean install later in these instructions.
The steps below apply primarily to reinstalling WordPress, since that is the most commonly used (and therefore the most commonly hacked) software, but the general steps should hold true for many CMS installs.
Step 1: Change your WordPress theme
If you can access your WordPress Dashboard, login and go to Appearance > Themes.
Twenty Twelve is WordPress's current default theme, and since the following steps will take your WordPress install back down to a basic install, changing your theme now will make the process easier for you later.
If the default theme is not installed now, or if you cannot access your WordPress Dashboard, there will be instructions on how to install your current theme into your clean install later in these instructions.
No comments:
Post a Comment