My Prestashop store was compromised. Now I have a suspicously high number of visitors from one place we don't deal with.

[Kunal0]

Hi,

My Prestashop site was compromised and I lost all my front end. I have since reinstalled prestashop 2-3 times it works fine once I removed all original files and. Hhowevder now when i log into my dashboard I got a real high number of visitors from Europe in the last 30 minutes im not sure if to be suspicous or weary if someone is trying to hack me again. 

It is a completely different install with different credentials.

Or am I just worrying about nothing.

I am using Prestashop 1.6.1.24 till i can get the update sorted.

Any tips be great

 

Thanks

Kunal

 

Edited April 20, 2020 by Kunal0 (see edit history)

[Guest]

There are a lot of security holes in Prestashop 1.6.
Install the new Prestashop 1.7.

Change FTP access and database password.

Do not install unverified modules.

Then add google recaptcha to the contact form.

Edited April 20, 2020 by Guest (see edit history)

[Kunal0]

Thank you for your reply the problem I have is when ever I install 1.7 it reach half way and messes up. An I'm stuck with a bad db and not complete installation off prestashop.

Any tips on that would be great 

 

Kunal

[jetway]

My advice is to install a fresh copy of prestashop 1.7. Which Version of 1.7 are you trying to install?

[Kunal0]

Hi, its version 1.7.6 

Kunal 

[Guest]

You need to back up the database, FTP.
Then delete everything.
Upload the Prestashop package to FTP.
Download Prestashop zip file.
Open the zip file and inside is another zip file called prestashop.zip and the index.php file.
You will only upload these two files to ftp.
You run a clean installation.
After installation it is necessary to upload data from the backed up database.
ATTENTION !!! The Prestashop 1.6 database is not the same as Prestashop 1.7.

My recommendation.
Hire someone to upgrade. You can bother with it for a few days! An experienced programmer can do this in three hours.

[Guest]

If you are using 1 click upgrade, it is a guaranteed failure.

[Guest]

There are a lot of articles on bug 500, etc. after the Prestashop upgrade.

That is to say that without a clean installation, you can have a hundred problems from one minor problem.

[MichaelEZ]

There is another way,  migrate to TB ( ThirtyBees - fork of 1.6)  imho much better option. Do u have any bought modules - if so u can still use then (atlest most of them) ? 

Edited April 22, 2020 by MichaelEZ (see edit history)

[Kunal0]

No I dont have any paid modules.

I have tried one click but always failed upgrading to 1.7. Mind you it failed on clean installation also. 

 

Kunal 

[Guest]

When installing PrestaShop 1.7 you must have PHP 7 on your server !!!

[Kunal0]

I had enabled 7.2