Title: Scan will not complete Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # Scan will not complete * Resolved [studiofive](https://wordpress.org/support/users/studiofive/) * (@studiofive) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scan-will-not-complete-1/) * When I scan one of my websites it gets stuck on “Comparing core WordPress files against originals in repository” & “Scanning for known malware files” and hangs there indefinitely, just showing the moving black bars. Can anyone suggest what the problem might be and what I can do to fix it? * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/) Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * [WFSupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfsupport/) * (@wfsupport) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scan-will-not-complete-1/#post-6278020) * Enable the debugging mode (near bottom of options page) and paste the least 10 lines of the activity log here. * tim * Thread Starter [studiofive](https://wordpress.org/support/users/studiofive/) * (@studiofive) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scan-will-not-complete-1/#post-6278022) * [Jun 28 23:35:37] Found 7 plugins [Jun 28 23:35:37] Getting theme list from WordPress [Jun 28 23:35:37] Found 3 themes [Jun 28 23:35:42] Analyzed 100 files containing 1.09 MB of data so far [Jun 28 23:56:50] Scheduled Wordfence scan starting at Sunday 28th of June 2015 11:56:50 PM [Jun 29 09:02:28] Calling Wordfence API v2.17:[https://noc1.wordfence.com//v2.17/?v=4.2.2&s=http%3A%2F%2Fmercury.org.au&k=697fbd9952ad6a3c2ba94c24bf901586d47d6408aa02a7fd84323c31ae57906799f5961612c5bfedb05d00fe1e8e04e0e2731bde5588bfe81454837a7f87305f&action=ping_api_key](https://noc1.wordfence.com//v2.17/?v=4.2.2&s=http%3A%2F%2Fmercury.org.au&k=697fbd9952ad6a3c2ba94c24bf901586d47d6408aa02a7fd84323c31ae57906799f5961612c5bfedb05d00fe1e8e04e0e2731bde5588bfe81454837a7f87305f&action=ping_api_key)[ Jun 29 09:02:29] Calling Wordfence API v2.17:[https://noc1.wordfence.com//v2.17/?v=4.2.2&s=http%3A%2F%2Fmercury.org.au&k=697fbd9952ad6a3c2ba94c24bf901586d47d6408aa02a7fd84323c31ae57906799f5961612c5bfedb05d00fe1e8e04e0e2731bde5588bfe81454837a7f87305f&action=send_net_404s](https://noc1.wordfence.com//v2.17/?v=4.2.2&s=http%3A%2F%2Fmercury.org.au&k=697fbd9952ad6a3c2ba94c24bf901586d47d6408aa02a7fd84323c31ae57906799f5961612c5bfedb05d00fe1e8e04e0e2731bde5588bfe81454837a7f87305f&action=send_net_404s) * [WFSupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfsupport/) * (@wfsupport) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scan-will-not-complete-1/#post-6278150) * Can you run the connectivity tester? And just to confirm, you are using the latest version of wordfence (6.0.10)? * tim * Thread Starter [studiofive](https://wordpress.org/support/users/studiofive/) * (@studiofive) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scan-will-not-complete-1/#post-6278152) * Running Wordfence v6.0.10 Connectivity tester test passed okay. Did notice this line of text in RED in Activity Log: * **[Jun 30 11:24:00:1435663440.711433:4:error] gzinflate(): data error (2) File:/ home/mer18871/public_html/wp-includes/class-http.php Line: 2116** * which was followed by some lines referring to a hashing item: * [Jun 30 11:24:00] Calling Wordfence API v2.17:[https://noc1.wordfence.com//malwarePrefixes.bin](https://noc1.wordfence.com//malwarePrefixes.bin) [ Jun 30 11:24:02] Hashing item in base dir: /home/mer18871/public_html/.htaccess[ Jun 30 11:24:02] Scanning: /home/mer18871/public_html/.htaccess (Mem:44.2M) [ Jun 30 11:24:02] Hashing item in base dir: /home/mer18871/public_html/error_log[ Jun 30 11:24:02] Scanning: /home/mer18871/public_html/error_log (Mem:44.2M) [ Jun 30 11:24:02] Hashing item in base dir: /home/mer18871/public_html/index.php[ Jun 30 11:24:02] Scanning: /home/mer18871/public_html/index.php (Mem:44.2M) [ Jun 30 11:24:02] Hashing item in base dir: /home/mer18871/public_html/license. txt [Jun 30 11:24:02] Scanning: /home/mer18871/public_html/license.txt (Mem:44.2M)[ Jun 30 11:24:02] Hashing item in base dir: /home/mer18871/public_html/readme. html [Jun 30 11:24:02] Scanning: /home/mer18871/public_html/readme.html (Mem: 44.2M) [Jun 30 11:24:02] Hashing item in base dir: /home/mer18871/public_html/ wp-activate.php [Jun 30 11:24:02] Scanning: /home/mer18871/public_html/wp-activate. php (Mem:44.2M) [Jun 30 11:24:02] Hashing item in base dir: /home/mer18871/public_html/ wp-admin * [WFSupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfsupport/) * (@wfsupport) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scan-will-not-complete-1/#post-6278175) * Can you try turning off the option to scan files outside your wordpress directory? * tim * [chicagola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chicagola/) * (@chicagola) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scan-will-not-complete-1/#post-6278251) * I am having a similar problem. The scan will not complete and the log says: * Scan can’t continue – stored data not found after a fork. Got type: boolean * gzinflate(): data error (2) File: /wp-includes/class-http.php Line: 2136 * Scan process ended after forking. * Calling Wordfence API v2.17:[https://noc1.wordfence.com//v2.17/?v=4.3&s=http%3A%2F%2Flaunchstyle.co&k=f507a823590783fa2fa989cc2a2b5c26529ebdbd5d6d879641120addb3393899da844a95d5e0e533c1e3c4440132aa8d921bf85fea4737bec01763a6536511e4&action=ping_api_key](https://noc1.wordfence.com//v2.17/?v=4.3&s=http%3A%2F%2Flaunchstyle.co&k=f507a823590783fa2fa989cc2a2b5c26529ebdbd5d6d879641120addb3393899da844a95d5e0e533c1e3c4440132aa8d921bf85fea4737bec01763a6536511e4&action=ping_api_key) * Plugin Author [WFMattR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfmattr/) * (@wfmattr) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scan-will-not-complete-1/#post-6278252) * chicagola: The problem you’re having may be a different issue. If you are blocking access to the /wp-admin/ folder with another security plugin, or directly in . htaccess, that can cause the “ended after forking” message. More details are here: [My Scans Don’t Finish](http://docs.wordfence.com/en/My_scans_don't_finish._What_would_cause_that%3F) If you’re still having trouble, can you create a separate post in this forum, and include a link to this one? This helps us keep track of open issues for each person, and keeps in line with the wordpress.org forum rules. Thanks! 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