IMPORTANT: boards gone because of vbseo or hacked

when we first opened the board this morning it had an 404 error to vbseo with just a blank page.
i re-install vbseo and now this is all we see of the board.

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What happens if you disable the vbseo plugin?

i disabled for the admin but still the board is the same.

Is your database intact?

i did a check over to his hole files and data base etc: everything is fine.

i have just requested a back up from yesterday from his host, they said yes they would delete the board and restore.

the email i got from the owner of this a count was .

hi i think vbseo has stuffed our site up have a look"

so i did and there i seen a vbseo 404 error blank page.
so as i said i reinstalled the hole vbseo and now the login comes up with no forum, i have not got a clue what happened.

can vbseo cause this please?

There doesn't appear to be anything there.

Please open a support ticket with ftp credentials for someone to take a look.

the host just restored the forum, im just having a little look around.
i'll get back to ya and thanks for the help.

it just looks as if the site was hacked. but weird how it said a vbseo error, its installed perfect.

Who is your host? Did they change anything lately?

no they never change a thing i ask, downtownhost.com

i wish i could have got in to see the admin logs to see if it was a hacking attempt or what on earth happened.
a member just told me that last night the forum just started messing up and it got worse and worse untill it was left with a 404 error blank page.
as i dont own this account and just help the guy with support i cant make a support ticket untill he get home or wakes or something sorry.
i dont no his pass to his server, i have it remember me and forgot sorry

vbseo MAY throw an error if a file is missing or altered, as vbseo proceeses the vb scripts. so while it may appear to be a vbseo error printing out, ultimately, its not vbseo's fault that the script was missing.

Exactly. vBSEO is a very safe script. It has never been compromised. Security is always made a very high priority with every update we release.

I'm glad that you were able to get your forum back online. Hopefully you will be able to track down the cause so that you can prevent any downtime in the future. Downtime can be very detrimental to your SEO.

thanks guys, it seems the host did change something to do with the mysql.
so yeah it was not at all the vbseo.

cheers.

Thanks for confirming this corey.

More importantly, glad to hear it's all go again.