Plugin seen as malicious

  • Resolved darkmatter661

    (@darkmatter661)


    8 years, 11 months ago

    I host with Siteground and they have determined that your plugin is malicious in that it sends out unsolicited emails (SPAM) via a POST hack on default-filters.php

    Here’s what they’ve had to say: “Our System Administrators have determined that the plugin seems malicious and it is suggested that you seek an alternative.

    [STR]gzuncompress_base64_decode [21/04/15] /wp-content/plugins/wp-youtube-lyte/wp-youtube-lyte.php”

    You may want to reach out to them about it.

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-youtube-lyte/

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  • Plugin Author Frank Goossens

    (@futtta)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    Gzuncompress and base64_decode are not malicious as such. WP YouTube Lyte never sends out mails (spam or other). How can I contact them?

    Frank

    Thread Starter darkmatter661

    (@darkmatter661)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    I agree, but they seem to think differently about it because there was something going on with rogue emails being sent out. Their website is http://www.siteground.com but idk what avenue you should take for this matter specifically. I’ll msg you the ticket # you can reference if you’d like.

    Plugin Author Frank Goossens

    (@futtta)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    I’ll msg you the ticket # you can reference if you’d like.

    yes please. you can mail me at futtta-at-gmail-dot-com.

    Plugin Author Frank Goossens

    (@futtta)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    never mind, just saw your mail 🙂

    (early birds can’t see the worms)

    Plugin Author Frank Goossens

    (@futtta)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    Exchanged some mails with Siteground and they confirmed they’ll update their malware scanner to fix this false positive. Thanks for reporting!

    frank

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