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javo
02-02-2009, 09:32 PM
:confused:Hi, I am very confused regarding the following. I have being hacked and eversince are having problems. What I have discovered during this is that a file was named "mailer.php" and included info such as
Dukamu Bahagiaku ::..,mailer\" name=\"keywords\">
<META name=\"dc.title\" content=\"..:: Dukamu Bahagiaku ::..\" />
<META name=\"dc.creator.e-mail\" content=\"mailer@hackermail.com\"
was between my files. Also a few trojan viruses was detected.

Now there seems to be a mysql data base named "information_schema " when I look under phpmyadmin. I have no idea what it is but I have not created it. This database does not show under cpanel mySql databases.
Question 1 Can a hacker create a data base and 2 how do I remove it? Has phpmy admin have the facility to remove a mysql database?

Many thanks,

wysiwyg
02-02-2009, 09:41 PM
information_schema is where mysql stores information regarding your other databases.

javo
02-02-2009, 10:17 PM
Oh dear, I wish bluehost could tell me this as I have asked them several times. I have selected all the tables and selected "drop" what ever that means. Hope no harm was done. Now to try and get my site going again.

wysiwyg
02-02-2009, 10:40 PM
Well, luckily you can't actually edit the "contents" of information_schema, so no harm done.