Yeah, almost daily my XOOPS kids site gets hacked by some Russion or turkish outfit, well according to their lovely pictures.

I am at a loss to stop it. They seem to get the ftp password, upload a new index.php and xmlrpc.php.

Any suggestions or help. I would need specific help if possible as i am nopt a developer or designer so it would have to be step by step, preemie.info is the site so any one who would not mind could jump it and help me out.

You should care about your site and modules if it is important for you.
for example installing "Protector" module as a highly recommended one is mentioned in many topics and also official XOOPS readme.

also reading this faq is very useful:
https://xoops.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=621

ver 2.2
system 2.13
news 1.42
xoops gallery 1.34
links 1.1
faq 1.1
contact us 1
guest book 1.1
smart partner 1.2
headlines 1
extended profiles .1
wf-section 1.01
wf-links 1.03
protector 2.52

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2.2 however i found out after complaining omn a hackers site that it was weakeness in system 2.13 Any idea what? that is all i know

any ideas how to fix system 2.13?

Daily hacks is a good reason to change hosting service. I had a similar problem before (wasn't using XOOPS or any CMS) then after searching the web for complaints on the host I found that many other people had the problems and moved away.

Followed protector step by step however the module never appears in the list to install and the admin page loses its format until i delete protector from the modules dir

Also wf-sections 1.02 download gives a 404 error

here is my config, a made a XOOPS_TRUST_PATH folder in my directory ie /myfolder above public html

<?php
// $Id: mainfile.dist.php,v 1.5 2003/02/12 11:36:33 okazu Exp $
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ //
// XOOPS - PHP Content Management System //
// Copyright (c) 2000 XOOPS.org //
// <https://xoops.org/> //
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ //
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify //
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by //
// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or //
// (at your option) any later version. //
// //
// You may not change or alter any portion of this comment or credits //
// of supporting developers from this source code or any supporting //
// source code which is considered copyrighted (c) material of the //
// original comment or credit authors. //
// //
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, //
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of //
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the //
// GNU General Public License for more details. //
// //
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License //
// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software //
// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA //
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ //

if ( !defined("XOOPS_MAINFILE_INCLUDED") ) {
define("XOOPS_MAINFILE_INCLUDED",1);

// XOOPS Physical Path
// Physical path to your main XOOPS directory WITHOUT trailing slash
define('XOOPS_ROOT_PATH', '/home/myfolder/public_html/cms');
define('XOOPS_TRUST_PATH', '/home/myfolder/XOOPS_TRUST_PATH');

etc etc

suggestions?

The XOOPS Trust Path should be defined as follows:

Do you have the Frameworks folder in your XOOPS root? That may be the reason you modules list disappear with Protector folder installed. You can find the frameworks download athttp://dev.xoops.org/modules/xfmod/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1357&release_id=1174#selected