Title: computer hacked after installing this plugin!
Last modified: June 8, 2020

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# computer hacked after installing this plugin!

 *  [Loekarin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loekarin/)
 * (@loekarin)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/computer-hacked-after-installing-this-plugin/)
 * I clicked on the link to ‘documentation’ for this plugin and/or go to the plugin
   website, and immediately my computer got hacked!!
    My screen turned red, I saw
   somebody from the outside taking over my screen and hovering over it with the
   mouse, and I saw Asian characters appear on my screen. Also, a alarm nouse went
   off. Really frightening. And all of this happened immediately after downloading
   this plugin and checking out several links related to it.

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 *  [Tim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tjalexander70/)
 * (@tjalexander70)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/computer-hacked-after-installing-this-plugin/#post-13048774)
 * There is absolutely going on with the developer’s website. I clicked the link
   and my anti-virus software blocked it.
 *  Thread Starter [Loekarin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loekarin/)
 * (@loekarin)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/computer-hacked-after-installing-this-plugin/#post-13048813)
 * Which antivirus software are you using? I also have antivirus software installed(
   AVG free), but that did not block anything. Since this event happened, I don’t
   trust my computer anymore. I’m still afraid that the hacker left something behind.
   Of course I ran antivirus again and scanned the computer for malware (MalwareBytes),
   this didn’t result in anything. (no virus or malware found)
 * But I’m sure there’s something wrong with the developer’s website. So thank you
   for confirming my concern.
 *  [Tim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tjalexander70/)
 * (@tjalexander70)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/computer-hacked-after-installing-this-plugin/#post-13157489)
 * Using Norton.

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 * Last reply from: [Tim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tjalexander70/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/computer-hacked-after-installing-this-plugin/#post-13157489)
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