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# trumpy81

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 *   Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
   
   In reply to: [Security Concerns](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-concerns/)
 *  Thread Starter [trumpy81](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trumpy81/)
 * (@trumpy81)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-concerns/#post-1659517)
 * GDay All,
 * ipstenu, you are quite correct. I have a tendency to group the two together as
   most spammers are looking to exploit security loopholes.
 * Also, Bad Behaviour seems to be working well, thanks for the heads-up on that
   one 😀
 *   Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
   
   In reply to: [Security Concerns](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-concerns/)
 *  Thread Starter [trumpy81](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trumpy81/)
 * (@trumpy81)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-concerns/#post-1659513)
 * GDay All,
 * James, thanks for the reply. I will take your advice and add SI-Captcha in any
   case. As they say, two heads are better than one …. lol
 *   Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
   
   In reply to: [Security Concerns](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-concerns/)
 *  Thread Starter [trumpy81](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trumpy81/)
 * (@trumpy81)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-concerns/#post-1659290)
 * GDay All,
 * ipstenu, thanks for the reply. I haven’t had any real problems with spam being
   left on my site, I was thinking that maybe these registrations are spambots trying
   to crack the security or otherwise exploit the site.
 * I’ve taken your advise re: Bad Behaviour and I have it installed right now. I
   guess time will tell if its beneficial or not.
 * Again, thanks for the reply and the advice 🙂
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [404 error on all links](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-error-on-all-links/)
 *  Thread Starter [trumpy81](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trumpy81/)
 * (@trumpy81)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-error-on-all-links/#post-1378392)
 * It seems that I answered my own question. I checked a backup copy of .htaccess
   and it contained the following:
 * # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond%{
   REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.
   php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress
 * I added this file to the server and voila! all is working again.
 * The question that remains is why/how was this file altered?
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [404 error on all links](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-error-on-all-links/)
 *  Thread Starter [trumpy81](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trumpy81/)
 * (@trumpy81)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-error-on-all-links/#post-1378385)
 * Esmi, I tried as you suggested to no avail.
 * I only have 2 plugins, no custom permalinks and changing themes did not resolve
   this issue.
 * Also, I noticed there is nothing in my .htaccess file except this:
    # BEGIN WordPress
 * # END WordPress
 * Should there be anything in it?
 * My install is pretty much straight out of the box.
 * Your help is appreciated.

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