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  • There are odd links, very small type and light grey on white, at the footer of each page on a site I help manage.

    I’ve scoured the SQL database, the theme files and have run various malware checkers.

    Nothing.

    The URL is http://www.mr-ewokone.com

    Anyone have previous experience with this issue? If so, what was the resolution?

    Thanks.

    OM

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    That’s definitely a hack, probably in the theme files themselves.

    Remain calm and carefully follow this guide. When you’re done, you may want to implement some (if not all) of the recommended security measures.

    I’d recommend replacing your theme files with freshly downloaded copies, might do the trick.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    Replacing the theme files will clear the symptom for sure, but it might not remove the actual problem, which means the symptom could come back.

    The guide I linked to above will walk you through every known possibility. 🙂

    The guide above was written as a guide, but does not walk you through every scenario. I know this because I have written most of it.

    That being said, Mac is right in that repairing the theme is likely not going to solve the issue.

    That being said, if the issue is in your theme, you’re in luck. It’s a very lazy hack.

    Often case, when it’s type of infection we don’t find much in the way of backdoors, but we do often see a common thread for the vector being via wp-admin.

    So the good news there is by resetting all your passwords, restoring your theme, applying some form of better access controls, you will go a long way.

    The other thing I’d look at is if you have the Theme Editor enabled in your Apperance menu. If you do, consider disabling it, as it’s often a very common method of injection when we find it in the theme files.

    Hope this helps.

    Tony

    To remove this line from footer please read the following instructions :

    Search for this string ‘bdd1b7801d9329b2f9d7313381627c70c1’ in your files
    if found then remove the div id=’bdd1b7801d9329b2f9d7313381627c70c1′ or
    add the following line in style.css file.
    {#bdd1b7801d9329b2f9d7313381627c70c1 : display:none !important;}

    Hope this helps.
    Sushil

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