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Lately I've had some weird exceptions in the Admin Tools log. Instead of the IP address there is only a character string. Perhaps a segment of code?. The exception reason is always MUA Shield, and the character string is always:

}__test|O:21:"JDatabaseDriverMysqli

The frequency has been every few/several days since mid-April (might have been before that too but my log only goes back that far).

Since this is not an actual IP address, I can't block whoever is behind it and I have no way of knowing if they're up to no good in other ways while they're there. Have you heard of this before? Any ideas what it means, what's causing it and what I can do about it?

Many thanks!

Hi Davide. I'm still getting these weird strings in place if IP addresses in the Exceptions Log. You also said this is due to an old version of Joomla, but it was at 3.6.x when I initiated the ticket, so not a seriously old version. I have since updated to Joomla 3.7.2 (previously 3.6.x) and to Admin Tools 4.2.0, and had hoped that would resolve these weird exceptions, but apparently not. You say the site isn't vulnerable since Admin Tools is blocking the requests. However, the requests look normal, not threatening or "up to no good," so I'm concerned that this anomaly could be creating problems for legitimate visitors.

Is there a way to resolve these exceptions?

Thank you.

Okay, thanks Davide. I guess I misunderstood how the strings were being logged. Thanks for your help.