Strange malware scan message

  • Resolved mountbest

    (@mountbest)


    1 year, 1 month ago

    The Security Ninja malware scan on one of my websites produces the following message:

    “Files were last scanned on: February 7, 2024 01:28. Duration 5 seconds. Scanned 612 files in 1,198 directories.”

    I am concerned because the number of files is smaller than the number of directories. What should I do?

    On all my other websites the number of scanned files is larger that the number of directories, so I am concerned. Ca you help?

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  • Plugin Author Lars Koudal

    (@lkoudal)

    Thank you for reaching out to us.

    The discrepancy you’ve noticed, where the number of scanned files is smaller than the number of directories, can occur for a few reasons.

    Not all directories contain files that are scanned by Security Ninja and some directories may be empty or contain files that are not included in the scan due to their type or permissions settings.

    If you have any other questions, please reach out to us from our website, stay safe and take care.

    Thread Starter mountbest

    (@mountbest)

    Few months ago (2 or 3 versions ago) the number of scanned files was twice the number of directories. I have not changed the content and did not alter permissions.

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