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How to Prevent WordPress Site-to-Site Malware Infection

How to Prevent WordPress Site-to-Site Malware Infection

Taking advantage of the convenience of being able to operate multiple domain sites under a single server contract, malware today often analyzes the server folder structure and spreads infection from one site to the folders of other sites (domains).

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Can malware be removed by updating wordpress and plugins?

Can malware be removed by updating wordpress and plugins?

When WordPress is infected with malware (tampered with), updating WordPress and plug-ins may not remove the malware.

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Checklist for Improving WordPress Security

Checklist for Improving WordPress Security

WordPress Doctor helps hundreds of sites a year clean up malware and create secure sites. Based on this experience, we have created a checklist for running WordPress securely according to its level of importance. We hope you find it helpful.

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What to do for your site users when WordPress is hacked, tampered with, or hijacked.

What to do for your site users when WordPress is hacked, tampered with, or hijacked.

This page explains how to respond to users (those who use the site) when there is a possibility of damage to users who visit the site, such as being redirected to another site, being sent to a sweepstakes site, or downloading malicious files due to WordPress tampering. This page

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WordPress tampering, large number of HTML files in a randomly named folder, hosted illegally

WordPress tampering, large number of HTML files in a randomly named folder, hosted illegally

This section describes a case in which a large number of HTML files are stored in a folder with a random name without permission, which is a type of malware (server tampering) that has been detected very frequently in recent years, and these files are then caught by search engine

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What are write permission permissions for files that are important for WordPress security?

What are write permission permissions for files that are important for WordPress security?

This section explains file write permissions, an important WordPress security issue.

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What many people misunderstand about WordPress security.

What many people misunderstand about WordPress security.

We have summarized some of the security measures taken by WordPress, which are often misunderstood by many people and often result in tampering and malware embedding!

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How to remove WordPress malware (tampering and viruses) with plugins

How to remove WordPress malware (tampering and viruses) with plugins

We will explain how to decontaminate malware using the WordPress:Malware Scan & Security plugin [Malware and Virus Detection and Removal], which was created by WordPress Doctor based on his experience with numerous malware removal requests.

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What to do when multiple (or all) sites on a single server are infected with malware

What to do when multiple (or all) sites on a single server are infected with malware

We are seeing an increasing number of cases of multiple WordPress sites on multiple domains within a single server, all or many of which are infected with malware (viruses and tampering).

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How to target @include \057var/\167ww at the top of wordpress wp-config.php or index.php

How to target @include \057var/\167ww at the top of wordpress wp-config.php or index.php

This page explains the cause and how to target a string starting with @include that suddenly appears at the top of wp-config.php or index.php in WordPress.

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What are the symptoms of a WordPress hack? Here are some of the tampering details of various hackers.

What are the symptoms of a WordPress hack? Here are some of the tampering details of various hackers.

1 Back door Vulnerabilities, known as backdoors, allow hackers to install hidden entry points on your site to gain access to your WordPress site through the misuse of server privileges. Once the backdoor is exploited, the hacker can access or rewrite all files on the hosting serv

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WordPress Causes and Countermeasures when an Unrecognized Page Appears in Search Results

WordPress Causes and Countermeasures when an Unrecognized Page Appears in Search Results

We have recently observed many cases where a product page or a page on our site appears in the search results under the name of your site, which you do not remember. We will explain the causes and countermeasures in this case.

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Reasons for repeated hacker defacement and malware infection on WordPress sites

Reasons for repeated hacker defacement and malware infection on WordPress sites

Once a WordPress site has been defaced by hackers, embedded malware, or infected with a virus, the site may be repeatedly defaced even after you think you have removed the malware. We will explain how to deal with such cases.

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What to do when WordPress is repeatedly tampered with (infected with malware and viruses) due to hacking

What to do when WordPress is repeatedly tampered with (infected with malware and viruses) due to hacking

If you have gone to the trouble of removing viruses and tampering from your WordPress site, but are immediately reinfected (tampering due to hijacking), here are the causes and remedies.

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The case of Display Widgets, a plugin with malware, and how to handle the suspension of its public release

The case of Display Widgets, a plugin with malware, and how to handle the suspension of its public release

Display Widgets is a well-known plugin used by over 200,000 sites, but it has recently been removed from the official plugin directory because it was deemed to contain malware. In this issue, we will explain the problem and how to deal with it.

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5 things to do if Wordpress becomes a spam springboard

5 things to do if WordPress becomes a spam springboard

WordPress is a CMS that is widely used around the world, and as a result, it can become a spam springboard or fall victim to tampering. There are various causes for this, such as not updating old WordPress, not updating plug-ins, and weak passwords, but here we would like to brie

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