Title: Security Question&#8230;
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Security Question…

 *  [obatron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/obatron/)
 * (@obatron)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-2/)
 * I was running 2.0.1 as my homepage. I recently came to find that it was replaced
   with a page “You’ve been hacked by Alex!”
 * I see that an update went out on 3/10, I missed upgrading as I am on vacation
   with limited network access. I’ve tried to find information on what the security
   issue was that was resovlved in the new version but have not had any luck.
 * Would what happened on my site be a result of the problem, and if so, was it 
   just a replace the index.* file?
 * Thanks for help, sorry if this has been addressed, I don’t have a lot of time
   to search for the answer (limited network access while on vacation.)

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-2/#post-359598)
 * They used an XSS attack more than likely. You can google it.
    There are a few
   more files then index.php changed in the 2.0.2 security release.
 *  [sugarplum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sugarplum/)
 * (@sugarplum)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-2/#post-359619)
 * I cannot get into my WordPress site at all…admin site either…keep getting error‘
   Parse error: parse error, unexpected ‘<‘, expecting ‘]’ in /home/revoltam/public_html/
   wp-content/themes/BurninR/ads.php on line 72′
 * I was sure I had version 2.0.1 however in my file search I only see two for 1.0.5
   an it will not let me delete them 🙁
 * It is not listed in the add/remove programs at all…I did a scan and found I had
   a keylogger on my computer…Wordpress is the last downloaded program, and I had
   heard it could have a keylogger on it?
 * At any rate, I would like to delete anything to do with WordPress and load the
   new 2.0.2
 * How do I delete those old loads? Will I lose everything I had done on the site
   so far when I load 2.0.2? I am not very techie inclined, and do not udnerstand
   a lot of the jargon…but I do need and appreciate any help I can get in this matter…
   Thanks…
 * Sugarplum
 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-2/#post-359623)
 * Sugarplum, you need to start your own thread about your issues, which have nothing
   to do with the OP’s problem. Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [obatron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/obatron/)
 * (@obatron)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-2/#post-359637)
 * So, they wouldn’t have gotten passwords out the config file then or the wordpress
   admin password?
 * Thanks for the information! Mine is just a personal site, so I can start over
   again with the latest version. I’m just worried other things may be in question(
   like my db password at my hosting site…) Probably call and have them change it
   just in case…

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 * Last reply from: [obatron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/obatron/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question-2/#post-359637)
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