Help me remove Hackers Password and email

  • Hi I have been hacked and am in the process of removing the hackers password and email from my sql database in WP3.0.

    I am using a MD5 generator but the password is not being recognized by WP when I access the account and does not match the password in the wp_config file.

    n another WP installation the password in the wp_config for opening the database and the MD5 generated password do not match nor does the password in the wp_config and the database currently match.

    It looks like one method is used to encrypt the password in the database and another is used to create an encrypted password for use in the wp_config file but neither of those match the MD5 encrypted version. Any suggestions?

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  • I was 89% sure when you change the password in the DB by entering just plain text it will convert when you save.

    Then you can just login again.

    Is that not the case?

    Thread Starter JustWorkingOnIt

    (@justworkingonit)

    Hi wpbum,

    I have tried each of the selections in the dropdown when using myphpadmin and none of them return the string that is in the wp-config file for password or a “salted” password (I just learned about 2 min ago). I think all I have to do is get the wp-config password and the one in the database to match and it should load but I can not get these two to match.

    You dont need to worry about wp-config

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Resetting_Your_Password

    Scroll down to “Through phpMyAdmin”

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