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1. simmdotcom
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   I'm trying to upgrade my site karengillanfan.com's wordpress from 3.1.4 to 3.2. Everything I upgrade (either automatically, or manually through FTP - I've tried both several times), my McAfee anti-virus kicks off telling me I've got a VSB/Psyme (trojan) as soon as I enter or reload my dashboard.

   I don't get the warning at any other point/site, or even when just at the main karengillanfan.com, just upon entering the dashboard. I'm assuming its a compatibility thing between WordPress/McAfee, as when I reupload an older version of WP, it stops appearing.

   Is there anything I can do to stop this? Is anyone else having this problems?

   Thank you,
   Heather

2. simmdotcom
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   This only happens in IE9, not in Firefox.

3. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Have you tried:

   - deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

   - switching to the Twenty Ten theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

   - resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

4. simmdotcom
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Bingo, thank you!

   It was ExecPHP causing the issues - deleted, and installed an alternative plugin, and now no issues!

   Thank you :)

5. fishsponge
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   May I ask what the alternative plugin was that you used?

   Has the alternative proved reliable?

   Also, does anyone actually know why this is happening? Is the Exec-PHP plugin broken or malicious, or is it just a weird false-positive due to McAfee being rubbish?

6. simmdotcom
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   I used PHP Execution instead, which (so far) is proving to be just as good as ExecPHP.

   Not sure why it's happening, suspect it's a McAfee problem, but their support was pretty useless in the matter tbh.

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