Steven Stern on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] File contains suspected malware...
false alarms... Now I just have to deal with the clients calling about the emails they just got.
View ArticleMwalimug on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Malware warning - bit.ly link"
There is no way that every post on the list Wordfence just spat at me contains links to a malware site. They're older links & to multiple sites--and the ones I've checked are bit.ly links....
View Articleandybritnell on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] File contains suspected malware...
I've raised a priority ticket with WordFence so if they respond to that before posting on here I'll let you know what they say. Wasted a few hours today trying to get to the bottom of this and...
View Articlerjdougan on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] File contains suspected malware URL"
This looks to be a false positive response for malware on the bit.ly URL. I just manually re-scanned the sites which gave me the malware warning earlier today. All are now showing as clean. Recommend...
View Articlebocajuniors on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Malware warning - bit.ly link"
I can confirm this also. WordFence alerted me today to critical "Post contains a suspected malware URL" issues on client sites for tons of valid bit.ly links (going to respected sites like Wall Street...
View Articleinsiemes on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Malware warning - bit.ly link"
I've got a same problem, but I found that Google blocked bitly links Source
View Articlewynot on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Malware Waring - Uber Menu"
I just receive 2 warning today for the Uber Menu plugin: File contains suspected malware: ..../wp-content/plugins/ubermenu/languages/ubermenu.po File contains suspected malware: .......
View Articleindigokj on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Server IP"
For the past month or so WordFence has been reporting our own server IP as the offending (visiting) IP for almost all interactions. We used to be able to see the IPs of visitors, but now their visits...
View Articlegutte on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Malware warning - bit.ly link"
Interesting to hear your responses, guys! I am no tech teacher so I wonder how somone can insert a code into a .po file on my site..? Guess that also means there is some security vulnerability with the...
View ArticleSteven Stern on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Malware warning - bit.ly link"
Google is not blocking my bit.ly links.
View ArticleSteven Stern on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] wp_wfHoover is 43GB !!!!"
martinperreault: If you have access to the MysQL command line: GRANT ALL on mywordpressdatabase.* to 'thewordpressuser'@'localhost'; That should give the username for your wp site sufficient...
View Articlemartinperreault on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] wp_wfHoover is 43GB !!!!"
Thanks. Maybe I am doing it wrong... I get this error message: #1142 - GRANT command denied to user 'martinp'@'localhost' for table 'wrdp1'
View ArticleJamas on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Malware warning - bit.ly link"
Looks like the issue has been resolved. Google Safebrowsing had marked all Bitly links as possible unsafe malware sites. WordFence uses the information from Google when scanning the contents of files....
View ArticleJLY on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Malware warning - bit.ly link"
Thanks for the update Jamas!
View Articlemartinperreault on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] wp_wfHoover is 43GB !!!!"
Hi again. yesterday, I tried the following: - went in Cpanel - deleted BOTH users from my database - re-added each user to the database, and when cpanel asked what priviledge to give those users, I...
View ArticleRosemaryK on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Administrator and comments blocked"
I installed Wordfence recently. My son and I logged in as administrator at the same time (which we have done in the past before installing Wordfence). I went to Settings to change my URL from...
View Articlehartiberlin on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] How to scan other directories...
Hmm, it does not really do this... I have many other folder that it does not scan... Would be good, if it could display which pathes it is just scanning... Is there any option to show the path it is...
View Articlephillcoxon on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Comparing plugins / core against...
Hi Tim, Sorry for the slow reply. These options only scan against the official files in the repo. If there are new files then the scan doesn't doesn't pick them up. i.e.: pluginname/maliciousfile.php...
View Articleangelladesigns on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Scan stalls out even after...
I have tried the troubleshooting tips from the support forum with no luck. All of my other wordpress sites have no problems with the scans, but my largest site never completes a scan. Here is where it...
View Articlehaveonelikethis on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Malware warning - bit.ly link"
Hi I do not think this has been resolved as a scan a few hours ago threw up this message. One major question I have is if you take the remove option does it affect the wordfence / wordpress plugin and...
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