Title: IP address denied Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # IP address denied * [Bloke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloke/) * (@bloke) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/) * I got the following message when I view my website: Access denied. Your IP address is blacklisted. If you feel this is in error please contact your hosting providers abuse department. * I am using Bluehost. When I contacted them they said “It looks like your IP address has been added to our local blacklist because it was part of an attack on our servers targeting WordPress sites yesterday and today. This means that your computer was hacked and used by the hackers as part of this attack. Please use an antivirus program to scan your computer for the virus which caused this problem.” * Does anyone have more information on this any how this happened? They were referring to my localhost IP address not the site I have online. So are they saying my local site was hacked and not the one hosted by Bluehost? What should I look for because my virus protection didn’t find anything. I also changed my admin name and password to something else because I read a recent attack was targeting accounts with Admin. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/page/2/?output_format=md) * [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/) * (@wpyogi) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/#post-3657999) * Try clearing your browser cache and cookies. * Thread Starter [Bloke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloke/) * (@bloke) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/#post-3658160) * Yes I did all that before contacting the hosting company. * [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/) * (@1nexus) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/#post-3658184) * > This means that your computer was hacked and used by the hackers as part of > this attack. Please use an antivirus program to scan your computer for the > virus which caused this problem * Did you follow the instructions from your host? If not, you need to do that and contact your host. WordPress has nothing to do with that. * [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/) * (@swansonphotos) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/#post-3658186) * > WordPress has nothing to do with that * If your site was hacked, it may be hosting malware..all you then needed to do was visit it and your computer could be infected…then you become a member of the botnet… * At this point you need to check this at Sucuri and I recommend a safe mode scan of your PC with Malwarebytes… * And this has everything to do with WordPress…WP allows using a default UN and weak passwords….hence why it is being attacked… * [Chris Olbekson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/c3mdigital/) * (@c3mdigital) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/#post-3658200) * > If your site was hacked, it may be hosting malware. * It is possible but probably unlikely. The infection could have come from any website. * The facts are that the OP’s personal PC was used in a bot net to make brute force login attempts to random WordPress sites hosted on Bluehost. Don’t try to read more into it. * So no, the fact that the OPs computer has a virus has NOTHING to do with WordPress. * [@bloke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloke/) your personal computer is infected with a virus and is being controlled by a hacker to make hack attempts against random WordPress websites. You could have gotten the virus anywhere. NBCs website was recently compromised and infecting unsecured PCs with driveby download exploits. Many other major websites have also been recently hacked to serve driveby downloads to unsuspecting visitors. * There are many other sources which could have infected your computer. The bottom line is that you need to have the virus removed. You can also prevent botnet controll of your PC by using [opendns](http://www.opendns.com/), which blocks outgoing requests to known phishing and botnet controller domains and IP addresses. * Here is a list of [trusted free resources](http://www.geekradio.com/spywarez) which you can use to clean your PC * Thread Starter [Bloke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloke/) * (@bloke) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/#post-3658216) * I have scanned my PC thoroughly with Spybot and Norton and nothing was found. Where else can I look? I read that some of these attacks leave files or make changed to your WP files. Its hard to know what to fix if I don’t know what to look for. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/#post-3658217) * You really need to speak to your ISP about this. * Thread Starter [Bloke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloke/) * (@bloke) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/#post-3658227) * Brighthouse/Earthink is my ISP. It was my local computer they say not anything hosted anywhere. * “This means that your computer was hacked and used by the hackers as part of this attack. Please use an antivirus program to scan your computer for the virus which caused this problem.” * But if no virus is found then what do I do? I figured this is the best place to ask because the ISP is not a WordPress expert. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/#post-3658232) * It’s not WordPress that is blocking your IP address. It’s your hosts. We really can’t help with this. * Thread Starter [Bloke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloke/) * (@bloke) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/#post-3658235) * Read this post on link below. These two users were using Bluehost. Similar problem and not real virus. But their WordPress files were changed. So this would be a WordPress issue because no one at Blue host told me to search specific files or folders. But I didn’t have this in my files either. [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/access-denied-your-ip-address-127001-is-blacklisted-if-you-feel-this-is](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/access-denied-your-ip-address-127001-is-blacklisted-if-you-feel-this-is) * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/#post-3658237) * I don’t see how that thread concludes that this issue is responsible with WordPress. That thread infers that users were hacked, which correlates to Bluehost’s conclusion that your website was hacked. * Thread Starter [Bloke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloke/) * (@bloke) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/#post-3658248) * But I don’t think my website was hacked. It was reporting my IP address was blocked. I could view my site from another IP address. My local site is behind a firewall. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/#post-3658249) * This is NOT a WordPress issue. It’s something that you need to discuss with your hosts & ISP. We cannot help you here. * Thread Starter [Bloke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloke/) * (@bloke) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/#post-3658258) * Maybe Bluehost got so many attack attempts thy blocked everyone’s IP that use WordPress because they unblocked me as soon as I asked them. I asked Bluehost and they couldn’t tell me anymore details of my specific case. Just that my IP was blocked because its was part of an attack on our servers. So what is to stop this again? I have checked with all you WordPress experts and I contacted my hosting company. I scanned my computers for any virus. Updated the few plugins I have. Current WP. My user name was not “admin” which the recent attack was targeted against. * [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/) * (@wpyogi) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/#post-3658260) * Yes, many hosting companies did that (at least temporarily) – see: * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/brute-force-attacks-and-wordpress?replies=2](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/brute-force-attacks-and-wordpress?replies=2) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘IP address denied’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 17 replies * 8 participants * Last reply from: [Bloke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloke/) * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-address-denied/page/2/#post-3658275) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics