Comments on: Been Hacked? Here’s How To Quickly Find and Delete Suspicious Code with Defender https://wpmudev.com/blog/delete-suspicious-code-defender/ The WPMU DEV Blog provides tutorials, tips, resources and reviews to help out any WordPress user Tue, 09 Jul 2024 20:33:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Álvaro Novais https://wpmudev.com/blog/delete-suspicious-code-defender/#comment-181940 Tue, 09 Jul 2024 20:33:17 +0000 https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/?p=189618#comment-181940 In reply to Lucas Ondata Marketing.

“So in these cases, it pays to simply take drastic actions with all of them at once, because we will often be doing this type of thing in an isolated copy on another test server and seeing if something important breaks and then it can be repaired.”

That’s true Lucas.

Will it ever be easier to take care of the security of our websites and customers with the help of artificial intelligence?

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By: Rick Crawshaw https://wpmudev.com/blog/delete-suspicious-code-defender/#comment-181856 Sun, 02 Jun 2024 21:35:35 +0000 https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/?p=189618#comment-181856 In reply to Grain de Magie.

Thanks Grain, glad to hear that Defender is doing the job for you!

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By: Álvaro Novais https://wpmudev.com/blog/delete-suspicious-code-defender/#comment-181832 Mon, 27 May 2024 20:58:12 +0000 https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/?p=189618#comment-181832 In reply to Lucas Ondata Marketing.

“Another point that I also miss is any possibility of doing things in bulk, such as taking actions with suspicious files. I once had an incident of a website showing more than 2 thousand suspicious files only after a migration, probably a comma in the files or the name of the destination folder on the new hosting must have been changed, for example.”

Really

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By: Álvaro Novais https://wpmudev.com/blog/delete-suspicious-code-defender/#comment-181824 Sat, 25 May 2024 12:37:25 +0000 https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/?p=189618#comment-181824 In reply to Grain de Magie.

“Hello,
Defender Pro is a truly perfect tool! Yes the word is “Perfect”! I had previously used 2 security tools: wordfence and another one (I don’t even remember the name).
Defender Pro has ensured that all open security doors are closed, or quickly closed.
It is so easy to set up, efficient and easy to follow during site maintenance.
It’s so reassuring!”

I see a lot of positive comments for Wordfence, I’m glad you liked it, you tested both and you liked Defender.

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By: Álvaro Novais https://wpmudev.com/blog/delete-suspicious-code-defender/#comment-181820 Wed, 22 May 2024 21:00:48 +0000 https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/?p=189618#comment-181820 In reply to Lucas Ondata Marketing.

“Two points that bother me a little about Wp Defender are that sometimes it gives a lot of false positives just for language reasons. In other words, it alerts you that a document from a plugin is suspicious, but one ends up just being a translation of the other.”

Well observed Lucas.

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By: Grain de Magie https://wpmudev.com/blog/delete-suspicious-code-defender/#comment-181812 Mon, 20 May 2024 06:01:01 +0000 https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/?p=189618#comment-181812 Hello,
Defender Pro is a truly perfect tool! Yes the word is “Perfect”! I had previously used 2 security tools: wordfence and another one (I don’t even remember the name).
Defender Pro has ensured that all open security doors are closed, or quickly closed.
It is so easy to set up, efficient and easy to follow during site maintenance.
It’s so reassuring!

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By: Rick Crawshaw https://wpmudev.com/blog/delete-suspicious-code-defender/#comment-181798 Fri, 17 May 2024 02:46:57 +0000 https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/?p=189618#comment-181798 In reply to Lucas Ondata Marketing.

Hi Lucas, thanks for your feedback! Will be sure to pass this on to the Defender team. :)

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By: Rick Crawshaw https://wpmudev.com/blog/delete-suspicious-code-defender/#comment-181797 Fri, 17 May 2024 02:45:37 +0000 https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/?p=189618#comment-181797 In reply to Mark.

Welcome back Mark! We’ve certainly been releasing some fantastic plugin and platform features lately, I’m sure you will be pleased. :)

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By: Lucas Ondata Marketing https://wpmudev.com/blog/delete-suspicious-code-defender/#comment-181796 Thu, 16 May 2024 11:13:22 +0000 https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/?p=189618#comment-181796 In reply to Lucas Ondata Marketing.

So in these cases, it pays to simply take drastic actions with all of them at once, because we will often be doing this type of thing in an isolated copy on another test server and seeing if something important breaks and then it can be repaired.

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By: Lucas Ondata Marketing https://wpmudev.com/blog/delete-suspicious-code-defender/#comment-181795 Wed, 15 May 2024 11:36:39 +0000 https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/?p=189618#comment-181795 In reply to Lucas Ondata Marketing.

And even have, and allow the use of, this type of mass function for quarantine and safe repair functions. Many times the site is actually infected and having to evaluate dozens or hundreds of occurrences one by one may not be viable.

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