massimiliano
Newly Born Kitty

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I'm working about this issue.
Anyway, I always suggest to protect by Htaccess the files: index.php, index2.php and index3.php of /administrator/ directory.
Be careful when protecting your administrator directory with htaccess, there are some Joomla components that require access to the administrator directory when users are using the frontend system.
A good way is to create a .htaccess file like that:
AuthName "Restricted Area" AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /choose-a-directory/.htpasswd AuthGroupFile /dev/null <Files index.php> require valid-user </Files> <Files index2.php> require valid-user </Files> <Files index3.php> require valid-user </Files> <Files logout.php> require valid-user </Files>
In AuthUserFile choose directory where .htpasswd file is located.
After done that, you need to login as administrator using full URL: www.your-site.com/administrator/
index.php
Tutorial: http://www.htaccesstools.com/
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