Title: Potential Malware
Last modified: September 28, 2017

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# Potential Malware

 *  [samuelmpioneer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samuelmpioneer/)
 * (@samuelmpioneer)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/potential-malware-3/)
 * I received a notice from my web hosting company saying that spam email may have
   been sent from my website and when I investigated I found three files that look
   suspicious. The files are at these locations:
 * home/etc/etc/wp-includes/ID3/post_controller.php
 * home/etc/etc/wp-includes/images/crystal/kxhauhlv.php
 * home/etc/etc/wp-admin/css/colors/blue/post_controller.php
 * Are these files part of WordPress?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fpotential-malware-3%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/potential-malware-3/#post-9537402)
 * Those files (post_controller.php, kxhauhlv.php) are not WP core files.
 * Carefully follow [this guide](https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked).
   When you’re done, you may want to implement some (if not all) of [the recommended security measures](https://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress).
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/).

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/potential-malware-3/#post-9537402)
 * Status: not resolved

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