Contact Form 7 WordPress Urgent Security Vulnerability

by Monte Persinger & filed under Web Site Virus and Malicious Code Removal.

A serious vulnerability was found in the popular Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress and the plugin needs to be updated immediately. The author of the plugin released a security bug fix on 12/17/20. The latest version of the CF7 plugin is 5.3.2. The security issue is mitigated by updating the plugin to the most […]

Easy WP SMTP Plugin Causes Hacked WordPress Sites

by Monte Persinger & filed under Web Site Virus and Malicious Code Removal.

Last week one of our client’s WordPress web site was hacked. We couldn’t pull the site up, it immediately forwarded to a link farm. Also our anti virus software went off as soon as you would try to pull up the website. This was a scary situation with a hacked WordPress site because we were […]

Has your WordPress Website been Hacked? How do you Know?

by Monte Persinger & filed under Web Site Virus and Malicious Code Removal, WordPress Tips.

There is a lot of malicious activity on the Internet. The WWW is the Wild Wild West. The last frontier of the old west. Websites get hacked and the more popular a certain type of website is, the bigger target that website becomes. WordPress is the most popular CMS website program in the world so […]

WordPress Security Vulnerability in WP Super Cache Extension

by Monte Persinger & filed under Web Site Virus and Malicious Code Removal.

A vulnerability has been reported by Sucuri for the popular WP Super Cache Extension. Update your WP Super Cache extension ASAP. Get the word out! http://blog.sucuri.net/2015/04/security-advisory-persistent-xss-in-wp-super-cache.html The WP Super Cache extension is used to cache and speed up your WordPress site. It is reported that it is currently installed on more than a million WordPress […]

WordPress Hosting Alert – SoakSoak Malware Infects 100,000+ WordPress sites

by Monte Persinger & filed under Web Site Virus and Malicious Code Removal.

Over the weekend 100,000 plus WordPress sites were infected with what is being called SoakSoak because of the domain users are being directed to. Google has blacklisted over 11,000 domains so far. You can learn more about the specifics of the vulnerability and how to clean your WordPress site here. Unfortunately, we have seen this […]

Web Site Virus and Malicious Code Removal Service

by Monte Persinger & filed under News, Web Site Virus and Malicious Code Removal.

Malicious code injection on web sites is a huge problem on the Internet today. We are seeing more and more web sites every day that are infected with malicious code and viruses. You could have a virus installed on your web site without even knowing about it. In order to keep your web site safe […]