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Yes sorry, I meant to come back and update this post. It was a new site with Reading Settings not filled out yet. Once I set the home page as fixed, the errors went away. Thanks!

resolved, thank you

Done, thanks!

Ok, here was the problem. I was trying to install WordPress into an addon domain on my hosting account. Something I had done many times before. But I had recently installed WordPress into the root domain and installed the iThemes Security plugin in this WP install. It locked out the install that I was trying to do in the Add On domain. Duh…

Absolutely correct renowden, you are a genius! I was downloading the hashes-4.1.1.php file directly versus right clicking and opening, then copying content to new file. Well, I’ll be…

Thank you SO much!

No, unfortunately I am unable to run Exploit Scanner with the downloaded 4.1.1 hashes. Actually I’d like to know if there is anyone who CAN use the 4.1.1 hashes file successfully.

Only error that I can find in Firefox using firebug while running a scan is:

SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 4 column 1 of the JSON data
https://mysitename.com/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=1&load%5B%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.1.1
Line 4

Oh and I forgot to mention: if I deactivate the plugin, delete the 4.1.1 hashes file, reactivate, then the scan runs fine, albeit with the errors related to not having the latest hashes file.

No errors in server logs. Not very familair with developer tools but I guess it’s time to learn. No obvious errors are showing up in the browser nor 404’ing. I’ve tried it in Firefox, IE and Chrome with same result. It just sits there spinning endlessly saying that it is scanning.

Is there a browser that you recommend I debug this in and what tool specifically should I be looking at?

Thanks very much!

I’ve downloaded the hashes-4.1.1.php file, uploaded it to plugin folder. Now when I run Exploit Scanner it just spins seemingly forever.

Searching your filesystem and database for possible exploit code

Files scanned: 0…loading-icon

What am I missing here?

Thanks!

Ok great, thanks for the great feedback.

I only came across one person that was recommending naming the database with a random name. It has stuck in the back of my head ever since. Never could find any further references to this at all anywhere. That’s why I asked today.

Thanks guys!