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There's a nasty worm floating around that targets and defaces phpBB forums. It uses google to find phpBB forums then it deletes all the php and html pages and replaces them with some cyber-ghetto grafitti. It does not harm forum users, just the bulliten board itself. Well of course, I maintain a phpBB site. The flaw is in PHP and not the forum script. The cure is to upgrade to the most recent version of PHP which is 4.3.10 I've already got the tarball file, but my unix skills are rusty, and pretty weak in the first place.
Here's the question:
Since my site already had php 4.1.3 installed, do I have to get rid of this before installing the new version? If yes, then how?
I am kinda hopeing that I can just gunzip the file into the existing PHP directory, do a MAKE, reboot, and be done with it. My life could never be this simple.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Explain it as you would to a child. I really don't wanna blow up that site.
Thank You,
-Richard
Here's the question:
Since my site already had php 4.1.3 installed, do I have to get rid of this before installing the new version? If yes, then how?
I am kinda hopeing that I can just gunzip the file into the existing PHP directory, do a MAKE, reboot, and be done with it. My life could never be this simple.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Explain it as you would to a child. I really don't wanna blow up that site.
Thank You,
-Richard