eliland on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Why Didn't Wordfence Catch This?"
I too found some malicious files in the wp-admin folder that Wordfence missed, and like Lisa I became suspicious of them because of the date on the files. They are not part of the WP core files per se,...
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Your posts/pages (as well as plugin/theme settings, users, etc) are stored in the site's database, not in the site files. If you're able to restore your site to a previous date then I would definitely...
View Articlerngdmstr on "My website is redirecting to another single page ad website."
Not seeing any redirect here either. Unless the payload is delivered under conditional circumstances it could be your Internet browser that's infected. If you are certain that your site is infected...
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I'm a bit late to the party here but (if you've not already found a solution) would you be able to provide more information? What are some examples of files / warnings you are getting? What...
View ArticleDigico Paris on "Re-Upload an Infected and Crashed WP Blog"
Hi, like rngdm said, I would add that that unless your previous host is totally stupid, and you still pay them, your post storage is still safe in database (you can't infect a database because there is...
View ArticleDigico Paris on "Re-Upload an Infected and Crashed WP Blog"
The question you might also ask is, a good decent hoster has very strong hardware firewalls so.. who was this host? Regards,
View ArticleDigico Paris on "My website is redirecting to another single page ad website."
2 cents, i don't think it's about browser conditional calls, rather overall conditional ip, cookie, + a few behaviahoural spots.
View Articlealexrb on "Wordpress Blog Infected With Malware - Malware.fake_jquery.001"
i've solved the issue installing Sucuri plugin and "hardening" directories wp-content and wp-includes.
View ArticleKhipuz on "Getting redirected to an ad page"
Thank you it was SweetCaptcha, but unfortunately I have spent 300.00 to get SUCURI setup and find the issue for me. Saddly there were no comments in this plugin about this problem, but as soon as I...
View Articleejthecomic on "Notified of malware by hosting co. Locked out of admin. How to...
Hello, I have had my wordpress site (www.erinjackson.net) for approx 10 years so i am pretty proficient with basic usability, building out a theme, but I know nothing of coding. For weeks, I have been...
View ArticleJames Huff on "Notified of malware by hosting co. Locked out of admin. How to...
Remain calm and carefully follow this guide. When you're done, you may want to implement some (if not all) of the recommended security measures.
View Articleejthecomic on "Notified of malware by hosting co. Locked out of admin. How to...
Thank you very much. I had read that page previously but I plan to try a new scan tool from that list when next I can access my wp-admin. Trying not to panic. I've done almost all of these things...
View ArticleJames Huff on "Notified of malware by hosting co. Locked out of admin. How to...
Once you do get everything under control, make sure that you start keeping regular backups too: https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups
View Articleejthecomic on "Notified of malware by hosting co. Locked out of admin. How to...
Hi James, I was able to get back in and scan using the app "Anti-Malware from GOTMLS.NET." I repaired the two known threats and replaced the files in "core file changes" by overwriting to my ftp from a...
View Articleejthecomic on "Notified of malware by hosting co. Locked out of admin. How to...
One more ? if you don't mind: could file permissions be something I need to look at as well? I keep seeing that mentioned but I don't know if i should be changing them?
View ArticleJames Huff on "Notified of malware by hosting co. Locked out of admin. How to...
Internal server errors (error 500) are often caused by plugin or theme function conflicts, so if you have access to your admin panel, try deactivating all plugins. If you don't have access to your...
View Articleejthecomic on "Notified of malware by hosting co. Locked out of admin. How to...
Thank you James. I deactivated all plugins and the error persists (I have since reactivated). And I was able to switch back to the twenty fifteen theme and that didn't help either. I renamed the...
View ArticleJames Huff on "Notified of malware by hosting co. Locked out of admin. How to...
Hopefully they can identify the log entries at the time of the error, we'll need that for sure at this point.
View Articleejthecomic on "Notified of malware by hosting co. Locked out of admin. How to...
That shouldn't be hard, it happens with every click on the site if/when you can even get in.
View ArticleJames Huff on "Notified of malware by hosting co. Locked out of admin. How to...
Yep, just fingers crossed they can do it. If they refuse, keep on them. A host with no logs is no good.
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