Sorry for the trouble that you’ve experienced. We apologize for any frustration that this may have caused you or your websites.
We’ve been working on bugs since the first reports of them coming in and have released updates to correct the errors as we fix them. We appreciate you working and being patient with as we try to iron out the bugs in the plugin.
Try downloading the most recent version (4.0.12) and see if that corrects your issue. If it doesn’t feel free to fill out our iThemes Security Bugs
; form with as much detail as possible so that our developers can fix this bug for a future update.
Thanks- R.S.
But still: how can I even try if my site is still blocked?
The corrupted .htaccess had onl;y one line: deny from all
On some other forum I read to delete the .htaccess
I deleted the wrong .htccess as I later discovered there were 2 .htaccess files
Then I made a new .htaccess file (txt found somewhere:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
But I’m sure the other changed files are still corrupted.