Title: Potential malicious file
Last modified: May 18, 2022

---

# Potential malicious file

 *  Resolved [tecnowp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tecnowp/)
 * (@tecnowp)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/potential-malicious-file/)
 * Hello,
    Wordfence detected a potential malicious file: “File appears to be malicious
   of unsafe in wp-content/cache/object/…”. I can’t tell if it is a false positive,
   could you help me finding it out? I already sent a mail also to samples@. My 
   site runs W3 Total cache. Thanks in advance, Marta
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fpotential-malicious-file%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)

 *  Plugin Support [wfpeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfpeter/)
 * (@wfpeter)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/potential-malicious-file/#post-15660035)
 * Hi [@tecnowp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tecnowp/), thanks for dropping
   us a message.
 * It is _possible_ that a cached file would raise a false-positive as they are 
   not part of the standard WordPress installation fileset. I have seen W3 Total
   Cache compile HTML pages to speed up page loads but can’t see if that’s the case
   here from the information in your post.
 * If the team at **samples** get back to you directly via email, you may not need
   to take this any further here. If you don’t receive any news in the coming days
   then feel free to provide the name of the file that was found to confirm whether
   it’s the HTML issue I mentioned above and I can try to confirm whether it’s safe.
 * Thanks,
 * Peter.

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)

The topic ‘Potential malicious file’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://ps.w.org/wordfence/assets/icon.svg?rev=2070865)
 * [Wordfence Security - Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordfence/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordfence/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordfence/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordfence/reviews/)

## Tags

 * [malicious file](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/malicious-file/)

 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [wfpeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfpeter/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/potential-malicious-file/#post-15660035)
 * Status: resolved