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Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? yes
Joomla! version: both 2.5 and 3.1
PHP version: (unknown)
MySQL version: (unknown)
Host: inmotion
Admin Tools version: (unknown)

Description of my issue:

Plus, the errors you got indicate that you have a screwed up Joomla! installation, not an Admin Tools issue.

I wasn't trying to point the finger at admin tools as the problem. I was just reporting a problem i had and the fix i found for it in the hope it may help someone else with the same issue and also help me figure out what exactly the problem was. But nobody replied to help me trouble shoot at all. It just so happened that recreating the .htaccess file and saving admin tools firewall settings finally did the trick.

I un-installed nearly every component/module/plugin except for kunena and akeeba before using admintools to upgrade the site to 3.1. Almost a completely clean install. I cant see how my joomla setup can be screwed up but since you mentioned it im now worried, can you be a little more specific.

Hi Nicholas
Thank you for the extra info. I will keep my eye on my install. It started as a 1.5 site so its been through a lot.

I love Akeeba

Marinos

Hi

Just to follow up on this

After refreshing the site the problem started again on my 2.5.14 install. I played a little more with the akeeba configure WAF settings changing them one by one and found that turning "Remote File Inclusion block (RFIShield)" off helped.

Hi Nicholas

Nothing was showing up in the log. I have backed up my old site and can still access it. Could I give you administrator access to that instead?

I just tested it again on joomla 2.5.14 and when I turn on Remote File Inclusion block (RFIShield) i get errors when trying to make a new forum post. Also when I turn errors in joomla config off I just get a blank page. On the joomla 3.1 site I don't get errors when Remote File Inclusion block (RFIShield) is set to "on" but it takes a post 30 seconds to submit, with Remote File Inclusion block (RFIShield) set to "off" the forum posts are quick. Nothing shows in the admin tools exception log.

I found this in the docs - does it mean im not to worry because "Disabling this option is such a case poses no security risk"

Remote File Inclusion block (RFIShield)

Some hackers will try to force a vulnerable extension into loading PHP code directly from their server. This is done by passing an http(s):// or ftp:// URL in their request, pointing to their malicious site. When this option is enabled, Admin Tools will look for such cases, try to fetch the remote URL and scan its contents. If it is found to contain PHP code, it will block the request.

[Important] Important

If your site starts throwing white pages when submitting a URL in your site's front-end, please disable this option. The white page means that your server is not susceptible to this kind of attack and doesn't properly advertise this to Admin Tools when requested. In this case, Admin Tools crashes while trying to scan the contents of the remote location, causing the white page error. Disabling this option is such a case poses no security risk.

apologies for the hassle

but it does have an affect on my site. if i enable (RFIShield) my forum stops working and nothing shows in the log - this log right? --> joomla admin/components/admintools/web application firewall/security exeptions log