MacManX (James Huff) on "Odd links at footer of page."
Replacing the theme files will clear the symptom for sure, but it might not remove the actual problem, which means the symptom could come back. The guide I linked to above will walk you through every...
View Articlecaramaple on "[Plugin: Anti-Malware (Get Off Malicious Scripts)] .htaccess...
Any solution on this? I am struggling with the exact same problem :( Thanks for letting me know!
View Articlecynthia_rj on "[Plugin: Anti-Malware (Get Off Malicious Scripts)] .htaccess...
Sorry to hear that ... Eli's plug-in does clear the issue for me, but it comes back eventually. To block that behavior, I run a scan, clean stuff up, then manually delete the .htaccess file from root....
View ArticleEli on "[Plugin: Anti-Malware (Get Off Malicious Scripts)] .htaccess file...
Cynthia, Just 20 minutes ago your site was reinfected with the same files being added to the root directory as before. However, the .htaccess file was unaffected this time. It would seem your...
View Articlecaramaple on "[Plugin: Anti-Malware (Get Off Malicious Scripts)] .htaccess...
Thanks so much, Cynthia and Eli, I will try your suggestions! Keep me updated, please :)
View Articlecaramaple on "[Plugin: Anti-Malware (Get Off Malicious Scripts)] .htaccess...
Just a question - if I set permissions on .htaccess to 400 or 440, the website is not working anymore and I get a 403 error. Cynthia, how did you get around this? I am also on GoDaddy. Apart from that...
View ArticleEli on "[Plugin: Anti-Malware (Get Off Malicious Scripts)] .htaccess file...
caramaple, Try setting the permissions on the .htaccess file to 444. That would make it read-only to everyone (not changeable by anyone). I will let you know when I have more info on the source of this...
View Articlecaramaple on "[Plugin: Anti-Malware (Get Off Malicious Scripts)] .htaccess...
Eli - great that worked, - thanks so much for all your help!
View Articlejerryaustralia on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] False Positives? I hope..."
Hi I woke up this morning with my WordPress website hacked. They posted a message on my wall saying: Kaiser Malware was Here. I didn't read the whole message but they were asking money to recover my...
View ArticleThemePunch on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] False Positives? I hope..."
@jerryaustralia, this post was concerning a different topic but anyway: Please update your RevSlider to the latest version. The problem you describe is caused by an oooold version before 4.1.4 , we are...
View Articlexionkid on "My website is redirecting to a youtube video"
Today I opened my website thru a bookmarked link and my site automatically redirected to a justin beiber video on youtube. I've have looked for answers on this forum and found an answer about using...
View Articlekjodle on "My website is redirecting to a youtube video"
That is displaying a localhost installation of WordPress. Is your site online?
View Articlefunnymatt on "[Plugin: Fetch Tweets] False Positive for Malware after update"
FYI, my hosting provider (A Small Orange) sent me a note saying that malware was detected on my site involving file:...
View Articlexionkid on "My website is redirecting to a youtube video"
Yes, the site is online. I downloaded all the files from the ftp to search through them.
View Articlemiunosoft on "[Plugin: Fetch Tweets] False Positive for Malware after update"
Hi, Thanks for the heads up. I honestly do not know which part of the code triggers it. admin-page-framework.min.php is a library file of Admin Page Framework and Fetch Tweets 2.3.5 includes a newer...
View Articlemiunosoft on "[Plugin: Fetch Tweets] False Positive for Malware after update"
I did a little bit of investigation on this and it seems the framework also gets a false positive. Linux Malware Detect seems to flag files as malware when scanning files contain certain string...
View ArticleSV Studios on "Confounding Problems After Plugin Updates"
I was trying to update the blog on my website yesterday, and I updated my plugins. Then I couldn't access my site and there was a message that said I was denied access due to scheduled maintenance,...
View Articlekjodle on "My website is redirecting to a youtube video"
All I'm seeing is a list of files. I don't think that's what they meant. I think what someone suggested (have no idea as you haven't linked to the thread) was looking through the contents of each file...
View ArticleEli on "[Plugin: Anti-Malware (Get Off Malicious Scripts)] .htaccess file...
caramaple, I found the backdoor on Cynthia's site. It was a Perl file in the cgi directory. I have added it to my Definition Updates. You should download the latest Definition Update on the...
View Articlecaramaple on "[Plugin: Anti-Malware (Get Off Malicious Scripts)] .htaccess...
Eli, thanks for the update. It found a 'known threat' in the wp-includes/js/main.is and some other files. I realised that I only ran a quick scan before and now I did for the first time the complete...
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