Title: Dropbox FIle modification Concerns – Possible hack
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Dropbox FIle modification Concerns – Possible hack

 *  Resolved [bruno05](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bruno05/)
 * (@bruno05)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropbox-file-modification-concerns-possible-hack/)
 * I am using this plugin, but not using the Dropbox feature at all. I am instead
   using the FTP feature. So why is my security program telling me that the Dropbox.
   php file is being modified after every run.
 * I am concerned that a copy of the backup file may be is being sent to Dropbox
   secretly. Can you confirm the reason for the dropbox file modification and what
   will happen if I delete this file.
 * Thanks
 * Bruno
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/updraftplus/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/updraftplus/)

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 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropbox-file-modification-concerns-possible-hack/#post-3398444)
 * UpdraftPlus does not modify any of its own files. So if a file is being modified,
   it is by something other than UpdraftPlus. You should take a copy of Dropbox.
   php, and next time your security program tells you it is modified, take a fresh
   copy and compare the differences (e.g. using Winmerge). But there’s nothing I
   can tell you – best idea would be to get support for the security program, since
   I can’t explain why it gives alerts.
 * Or did you or another site admin recently update UpdraftPlus? The most recent
   update has some changes, of course (or it wouldn’t be an update). Is your security
   program just telling you about those?
 * David

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