False positive on file modification date

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    5 years, 10 months ago

    Hi. On the WordFence activity report I receive, it says that a number of my image files were modified on May 26, but when I look at the filesystem the modification date was earlier, on May 20. How can I prevent these false positives? Let me know what additional info you may need… Thank you.

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  • Hi @scott8035,

    Wordfence computes a hash of all the files within the WordPress directory to compare with in future scans.

    In this situation, it seems that some days the scanner was not running, but on May 26, when the scanner ran again, Wordfence detected that the files had been modified and alerted you of the changes.

    Wordfence does not look at the modification date for files when reporting file changes.

    Dave

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