Title: Firewall – auto_prepend_file
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Firewall – auto_prepend_file

 *  [bonjon9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bonjon9ecrrcom/)
 * (@bonjon9ecrrcom)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-auto_prepend_file/)
 * The Wordfence Web Application Firewall is designed to run via a PHP ini setting
   called auto_prepend_file in order to ensure it runs before any potentially vulnerable
   code runs. This PHP setting is currently in use, and is including this file:
 * /var/chroot/home/content/protect.php
    If you don’t recognize this file, please
   contact us on the WordPress support forums before proceeding.
 * How would I know what this file is?
    Please help.
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## Tags

 * [auto_prepend_file](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/auto_prepend_file/)
 * [firewall](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/firewall/)

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 * Last reply from: [bonjon9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bonjon9ecrrcom/)
 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-auto_prepend_file/)
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