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1. dgoodchild
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   I just downloaded lose my mind ii and the .css file seems to contain a whole load of data which (to my uneducated eye) looks like malware.
   there's a few instances of sections which start :

   (data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhHgCBANUAAAAAAP///09lg1dwkFdwkF54m155nGeBo2qDpXSMq3aNrH+VsoOYtIqeuI+iu5epwJytw6Ky......

   could anyone tell me if this is safe ? are themes which are listed on wordpress.org checked to be ok ? can i just remove those sections and carry on as normal ?

   thanks for any advice.

2. EMG
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Not a mod or a staff member, but I would suggest keeping a hard copy of the zipped up theme and then removing those suspicious strings from your working theme copy and seeing what happens.

   Removing them shouldn't be a problem.

3. chaoskaizer
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   dont worry that chunk of code is just a base64 encoded image. It a valid data URI image type but not supported by some browsers (IE).

   http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2397

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