Please Help Me! Compromised Blog

I setup custom permalinks, does it mean I have to go and change all my posts from the previous permalink to the new settings?
Something is going on with my image captions.
My stats say I have 446 hits ….when I know that’s not true.
Man I wish I knew what is going on.

Jaco

Slim stats is tracking my own visits

It doesn’t sound like you’ve been compromised, you just seem to be encountering a lot of problems that aren’t really related to one another and could be caused be caused by either plugin conflicts, theme function conflicts, or corrupt core files.

Try deactivating all plugins. If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one individually until you find the cause.

If that does not resolve the issue, try switching to the Default theme (WordPress 1.5 – 2.9.2) or the Twenty Ten theme (WordPress 3.0 and higher) to rule-out a theme-specific issue.

If neither of those help, try downloading WordPress again and delete then replace your copies of everything except the wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory with fresh copies from the download. This will effectively replace all of your core files without damaging your content and settings. Some uploaders tend to be unreliable when overwriting files, so don’t forget to delete the original files before replacing them.

I’d be willing to look around your blog for you, but I’d have to charge for time.

If you’d rather check for suspicious code yourself, install and run this plugin:

https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/exploit-scanner/

As always, if you feel that you don’t have much to lose, reinstalling everything could certainly be a solution.

@mac

Thank you ….You have me on the right track …the images are no longer showing the size and other related info to the images. I apologize for over reacting Mac, but it seems like something is failing daily. I deactivated all plugins as I said the first good sign is my images have been corrected.

Excellent, now just reactivate each one individually until you find the cause.

Don’t worry, I think we’ve all been where you are. Just attribute all of this to growing pains. ??

Mac

Thanks so much, you’ve been very kind. I tracked it down to the ‘my live signature’ plugin. For some reason it was affecting my images that appear on the excerpts and in my posts(does that make sense?)

I don’t mind the learning experience. I didn’t give thought to conflicts with plugins. I’m always up for learning and challenges.
Once I get everything straight I might actually get to do some blogging ??

That doesn’t concern me as much because I think it’s just as valuable to open the hood and get your hands dirty. That’s the attitude I had when learning to use Linux.
I really appreciate your patience Mac …thanks again!

You’re welcome!