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ladylearner · Regular user

I have a file which is a tar_gz file, i have unzipped it and opened it, but it's unreadable

EXAMPLE:>xNg?$???x???8?vm??v?9??(HbD?*/??_@?rd?4d?K(?;N?x x,xqYp??>3?A??fu?H?o??{???$i???????+º?H*?I?,??a??H???KMz?Zd?????k?_|?
_??? !?>*??:j )???H?????+?+???i?K???%\?K?$?_??o??Zs`(?0h?_??1????Z???tu?????????

does anyone know how I can open this file to make it readable? complete noob here!

waraxe · Site admin

Can you give a link to download that tar file?

daemon_azazel · Regular user

may be the file is coded ? if it is .php it may be Zend encryption.

BlaQ_PhoeniX · Regular user

I found a similar file. I found 2 files on target forum. One file was "dude.tar.gz" and the other was "bblite.tar". In both those files i find a whole lot of *.tpl files which kinda looks like a "frame" for the forum, it's a very basic view of the admin panel and other elements of the forum.

Is there any file in there that might help me to get admin access to the target forum?

the link for the file i downloaded was www.forum.com/templates/bblite.tar and /dude.tar.gz

ladylearner · Regular user

it looks coded, any idea how to decode it?

I've uploaded the file to a free file hosting site

http://www.savefile.com/files/3376203

waraxe · Site admin

ladylearner · Regular user

thank you so much! I can read it now, the file itself wasnt much use to me, but I'd have never known that when I couldnt read it! I've had files like that before and could never read them, so you have been a big help, thank you.