Title: Hacked
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Hacked

 *  Resolved [Rose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eos-rose/)
 * (@eos-rose)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacked-39/)
 * I just went to work on a new theme and discovered that my site has been hacked.
   At the bottom of each page is a long list of garbage links. Here’s a little preview
   of what I’m looking at:
 *     ```
       <!-- google --><font id="bxhbe"  color="e419b0"  style="height: 0;overflow: hidden;width: 0; position: absolute; font-family:courier; font-size:19px" >
       xeex402109
       <a href=http://hiretheitpros.com/analysis//a/d/corrigan91021.php>corrigan insurance md</a>
       <a href=http://1times1.net/cursos/lrma/j/vanagon91021.php>rental vanagon oakland ca</a>
       ```
   
 * This is tacked on after my closing html tag. I’ve installed a new theme and viewed
   the site to see if that would resolve the issue, but the problem is still there.
   I’ve deleted all the plugins that I no longer need. Now I’m at a loss as to where
   to look, because it’s obvious that the problem isn’t with the template files 
   and I’m not all that familiar with the rest.
 * So now I have some questions.
    (1) If the problem is with a plugin, will deactivating
   the plugin deal with the issue, or do I need to delete it completely? I was thinking
   of deactivating all plugins one-by-one to see if I could find the culprit. (2)
   Is there a way to re-install WordPress and still keep my database intact? I really
   don’t want to start from scratch. XD (3) Is there a way to search all files for
   the code listed above, so that I can find the source of the problem directly?
   I’ve used the Exploit Scanner plugin, but there were too many false-positives
   for me to make any good use of the results.

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 *  Thread Starter [Rose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eos-rose/)
 * (@eos-rose)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacked-39/#post-2013871)
 * **Update:** I just went through and deactivated all my plugins. No change. I’m
   going to assume that something is up with my wordpress installation.
 *  Thread Starter [Rose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eos-rose/)
 * (@eos-rose)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacked-39/#post-2013887)
 * Wow, okay, I wasn’t really thinking. Rather than re-installing, I set about overwriting
   files–and wouldn’t you know it, I found the culprit? Someone had added that ugly
   mess to my index.php file in the main directory. I’m not sure why I never thought
   of that particular file; in retrospect it’s pretty obvious. 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Rose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eos-rose/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacked-39/#post-2013887)
 * Status: resolved

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