Error- invalid file was requested for deletion

  • I run wordfence on some IIS based (windows) wordpress installs- The scan finds infected files but consistently I am getting this error when I try to delete files:

    An error occurred
    An invalid file was requested for deletion.
    (button saying “Reload” on the dialog)

    I feel like this might be an error related to it being on IIS/Windows server. Any thoughts/suggestions/fixes? I’m currently going on the server to manually delete these files.

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  • Can you share what a couple of the file names are?

    Tim

    Thread Starter boomhauer

    (@boomhauer)

    obbswkwk.php
    xrlbmjzn.php
    utbumiyc.php
    wp-cached.php

    I have the plugin installed on multiple sites on IIS and it won’t delete files on any of the installs. It really feels like a windows/iis issue, perhaps calculating the file path incorrectly?

    (deleted and went to premium support since I’m a paying customer, thanks!)

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