The good people at Sucuri Security created an easy way to fix your WordPress site if it has been hacked. Just upload this file, after you change the extention from .txt to .php. You can do this through your hosting companies dashboard, or via FTP.
Then you just call for the script via a browser like this http://www.yoursitename.com/wordpress-fix_php.php
It seems to fix every hacked website I’ve come across?
Ok, you’ve been hacked. Stay calm your information is not going to be lost forever. At best you’ll be able to restore everything by just reinstalling wordpress through the Go Daddy interface. At Worst you’ll have to backup a few things, then reinstall WordPress, Themes and Plugins. In this article I’ll walk you through the process.
The Easy Way to Reinstall After a Hack
See my previous tutorial. If that doesn’t fix everything then your in the right place. What you have to understand is that hackers leave their nasty code in your plugins or themes mostly all of the time. So we have to delete and reinstall those.
There is an easy way to do this if you have a Go Daddy Account. Continue reading How to Reinstall WordPress After Hack
There is nothing worse than having your website flagged by Google for containing Malware. Thankfully, there are many free tools you can use to protect your site from Malware and Viruses. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to protect yourself. For further information on fixing a hacked website click here.
Free AVG Web Page Scanner
AVG LinkScanner will check any web page for suspicious code. To use this tool go to http://www.avg.com.au/resources/web-page-scanner/
This is a real time check of the page, not a dated previous check, which is very nice. You can click the image to the left for a larger view.
Just type in the captcha code and the web page you want to analyze and hit the scan button. Hopefully your happy with the results that are returned?
AVG also offers free virus protection for your computer on their site. Continue reading Check or Scan Website for Malware and Viruses
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hNdCIpMI58[/youtube]After you create a website that gets a good amount of traffic you will start to attract hackers. It will happen! My high ranking sites have all been attacked and it’s almost impossible to stop, but it is quite easy to recover.
My site is hosted on Go Daddy and it is definitely not a Go Daddy related problem, as I have had sites hacked on other hosting companies. The reason I have all my sites on Go Daddy now is because Go Daddy has given me the easiest solution to fixing a hacked site. They actually helped me fix everything for free.
In this article I’ll show you how easy it is to recover from a hacker attack. Continue reading Did your WordPress Site Get Hacked?