Weirds folders in public_html

  • Resolved spanizhfly

    (@spanizhfly)


    3 years, 9 months ago

    Hi,

    Installation of WordPress was straight forward,
    I installed wordpress in a separate (Folder-X) in the public_html
    and have additional index.php outside the (Folder-X) in public_html.
    This is to ensure I have a perfect https://www.mywebsite.com
    instead of with subfolder https://www.mywebsite.com/Folder-X.

    But recently i have been noticing some weird folders in my public_html
    and Google search console detect the folders as Social Engineering (Phishing Threat).
    My WordPress is always updated, including the core, plugins and themes and I’ve used many Firewalls and Security plugins but I can’t resolve, the folder appearing in my public_html, I have go in and delete manually and furthermore my got a red banner by Google.

    I need help, how can avoid the hacker from injecting/execute folder in my public_html?
    any way will be great something like using htacess or any other way, Do help

    Thank you for your kind understanding

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  • You should ensure that you always use the latest updates for core, themes, and plugins, avoid nulled themes or plugins. Try and reset your wp database user password also and use strong passwords for all users.

    Do you have a full site backup from before the problem happened? If so, I’d restore that then apply security measures to try to prevent re-occurrence.

    Thread Starter spanizhfly

    (@spanizhfly)

    Manage to fix it, I change the Cpanel password and the attack literally stopped. It’s weird but it worked. Thank you.

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