Title: problem after installation , hack ?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# problem after installation , hack ?

 *  [demart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/demart/)
 * (@demart)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-after-installation-hack/)
 * Hi, after installation (wordpress 4.4) appears a new file in worpress root directory
   called functions.php , we need reinstall because we´re hacked and send spam from
   our domain.
 * is functions.php (not in theme folder, we´re talking about functions.php in root
   wordpress folder) a file created during wordpress installation ? is correct or
   we´re hacked again ?
 * after download this functions.php we read a estrange code like …
 * _[ Malware deleted ]_
 * can help us ? Please

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-after-installation-hack/#post-6845642)
 * I’m sorry but your site has been compromised.
 * Please remain calm and 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).

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-after-installation-hack/#post-6845642)
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