Title: .htaccess HELP
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# .htaccess HELP

 *  [blitzbeats](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blitzbeats/)
 * (@blitzbeats)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-help-9/)
 * Hi
 * Currently my .htaccess looks like this
 * # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule
   ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond%{
   REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA] </IfModule>
 * # END WordPress
 * But it’s not allowing me to view pages in and under my root folder.
    Please help
   me to fix this so i can still view my other pages.

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-help-9/#post-2563828)
 * That looks incorrect…
 * Can you save that `.htaccess` file to `.htaccess-save`, delete the original (
   keep the `-save` copy) and ask WordPress to create another one?
 * `http://your-wordpress-url/wp-admin/options-permalink.php`
 * Save the permalinks that will write a new `.htaccess` file and try again.
 * If something goes wrong, put the saved copy back.
 *  Thread Starter [blitzbeats](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blitzbeats/)
 * (@blitzbeats)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-help-9/#post-2564040)
 * I did all of this.
 * I now have a .htacess looking like:
 * # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule
   ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-
   d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule>
 * # END WordPress
 * I am being told that a anti virus pop is blocking my site from opening on certain
   pcs due the .htacess
 * Url: [http://www.blitzbeats.com](http://www.blitzbeats.com)
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-help-9/#post-2564044)
 * The site comes up as infected so I can’t even view it.
 * [http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/http://www.blitzbeats.com](http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/http://www.blitzbeats.com)
 * Give these a read on how to deal with this.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked)
   
   [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779)
   [http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/](http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/)
   [http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/](http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress)
 *  Thread Starter [blitzbeats](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blitzbeats/)
 * (@blitzbeats)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-help-9/#post-2564045)
 * hmmm…my friend said sometimes the malware message goes away when i change the.
   htaccess to this
 * # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule
   ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond%{
   REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA] </IfModule>
 * # END WordPress
 * But now my sidepages dont work…how can I fix this so the site will be secure 
   and free from malware messages and still view my side pages?
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-help-9/#post-2564046)
 * > how can I fix this so the site will be secure and free from malware messages
   > and still view my side pages?
 * Sorry, but you’re hacked. It happens. This reply gets re-used a lot but it’s 
   not a bad reply.
 * >  You’ve a lot of work and reading ahead of you.
   > Backup everything and put that somewhere safe off of your server. This is your
   > safety net.
   > [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups)
   > 
   > [http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database](http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database)
   > [http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup](http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup)
   > Once that’s safely put away, give these a read.
   > [http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked)
   > 
   > [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779)
   > [http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/](http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/)
   > [http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/](http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/)
   > When possible, you’ll need to replace all of your files with good ones from
   > the source. Once you’ve reached the Happy Place™ consider doing this.
   > [http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress)
   > It will make automated updates a manual thing (locking down the file system)
   > but until your confident the site is secure that’s probably not a bad thing.
   > When you’re convinced it’s all good, then you can relax the file system restrictions
   > back to normal.
   > Good luck.
 * You really need to delouse that WordPress install. Modifying the `.htaccess` 
   file doesn’t fix it and the other one is actually correct (for WordPress).

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 * Last reply from: [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-help-9/#post-2564046)
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