I think this site and 24 others have been compromised recently and I'm unable to regain admin access.
I have a secret word set and attempting to hit the back-end continually takes me to the frontend.
Trying rescue mode doesn't send an email with a recovery URL, and when viewing file manager, there is no main.php file located in "plugins/system/admintools/"
Not sure where to go now to regain admin access outside of a full restore from backup.
Please advise
#43039 Unable to regain admin access to site
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Joomla! version
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Latest post by nicholas on Wednesday, 17 June 2026 07:25 CDT
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 06:42 CDT
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
The main.php file was how we were doing things back in the Joomla 3 days. The page you need to reference for Joomla 4 and later versions is https://www.akeeba.com/documentation/admin-tools-joomla/atwafissues.html and the file you need to rename is plugins/system/admintools/services/provider.php.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
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Wednesday, 17 June 2026 06:46 CDT
Thanks, that did the trick. I can access back-end now.
Much appreciated!
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 07:25 CDT
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
You're welcome!
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!