Title: Generic.Hidden.Code.2
Last modified: January 24, 2018

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# Generic.Hidden.Code.2

 *  [alicamera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alicamera/)
 * (@alicamera)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generic-hidden-code-2/)
 * Hello,
 * I’m getting a security warning from Vaultpress about the plugin ACEide.
 * Generic.Hidden.Code.2
    This file contains suspicious hidden code, and should 
   be checked for recent changes, or malicious code. Often hackers try to hide their
   hack attempts by obfuscating their attack code, to make it harder to detect. 
   VaultPress has detected a string of suspicious characters in this file. Please
   check your backup history for recent changes to this file, or contact a Safekeeper
   if you are unsure.
 * DES.php
    /wp-content/plugins/aceide/vendor/phpseclib/phpseclib/phpseclib/Crypt
 * Any ideas if this is just part of the code or something to be worried about

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 *  Plugin Author [shanept](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shanept/)
 * (@shanept)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generic-hidden-code-2/#post-9896712)
 * Hi alicamera,
 * This isn’t something I’ve come across before. I can only assume that either this
   file has been infected somehow, or this is a false positive.
 * Feel free to investigate yourself, however. If the file is infected, it may not
   be the only one…
 * Kind regards,
    Shane
 *  [pingram](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pingram3541/)
 * (@pingram3541)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generic-hidden-code-2/#post-9950335)
 * It’s probably just a false positive due to the amount of array strings in that
   particular file. Just compare against a clean file to verify they are identical.

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