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Newspaper / WordPress security concerns - reply
#94758
Feb 12, 2016 at 5:33 pm

I might be getting somewhere at last… but not all the way!

I ran a Wordfence scan and it highlighted wp-includes/js/plupload/instal1.php as a potentially dangerous file. Another forum agreed that it was harmful, but I’m trying to find out whether I can safely hit the ‘delete file’ option Wordfence gives, or if that might cause other problems.

My non-technical brain is wondering if the file is a malicious one in its own right, or if it might have been a genuine one from the original set up and may include legitimate stuff my site still needs.

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Newspaper / WordPress security concerns - reply
#94573
Feb 11, 2016 at 6:46 pm

Hi again Chris.

I spoke with my hosting company, and they said they’d found infected files in my Tracking Code Manager plugin, WP Booster, and the Newspaper theme itself.

I was told to delete then reinstall these files; I’ve deleted the TCM plugin which was easy enough, but I’m struggling with the WPB one (I thought that was some coding within the theme itself?)

I’m also not sure about how to reinstall the main theme (which I did buy legitimately! From ThemeForest).

Can you help out?

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Newspaper / WordPress security concerns - reply
#94385
Feb 10, 2016 at 9:10 pm

Following my reply above; I’ve just logged into my site from my mobile, and it’s being diverted to unauthorised sites.

This is exactly the same problem I had just before Christmas which prompted the software updates, so something is clearly still wrong and I am feeling very nervous!

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Newspaper / WordPress security concerns - reply
#94381
Feb 10, 2016 at 8:38 pm

Thanks for this Chris – much appreciated.

I uploaded Securi and ran a scan which reported I was clear of any harmful stuff (malware, malicious javascript etc) so I’m not really any further forwards.

My hosting company made the same suggestion (although they suggested Wordfence…) so I’m still in discussions with them about other possible causes.

I still can’t get around the fact that the dramatic change in the site’s performance was at the exact same time as the WordPress and Newspaper theme updates.

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NEXT / PREVIOUS BUTTONS - reply
#86146
Dec 28, 2015 at 9:39 pm

Hi Catalin – thanks for the quick reply.

The example shown on the screencast link you gave looks the same as the buttons I already have.

What I’m really after is something like the posts on this example – http://yourlifemax.com/featured/top-7-xmas-costumes-for-your-pooch/2/

Is this something you can help with?

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