Title: Spam code throughout my posts
Last modified: November 3, 2016

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# Spam code throughout my posts

 *  [teewrighty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teewrighty/)
 * (@teewrighty)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-code-throughout-my-posts/)
 * Hi there,
 * I’ve recently noticed that in many of my WordPress site’s pages, there’s a lot
   of spam code that’s somehow found its way amongst my content.
 * Could anyone shed some light on how this has happened, how I can reverse it and
   moving forward, how I might prevent it?
 * The site is [http://www.rapnews.co.uk](http://www.rapnews.co.uk) and an example
   of an affected page is [http://rapnews.co.uk/?p=1170](http://rapnews.co.uk/?p=1170)
   where there are lots of gaps of invisible content that’s clickable.
 * Many thanks for your time.

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-code-throughout-my-posts/#post-8392136)
 * You need to start working your way through these resources:
    - [https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked](https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked)
    - [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779)
    - [http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/](http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/)
    - [http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/](http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/)
 * Additional Resources:
    - [http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/](http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/)
    - [http://www.unmaskparasites.com/](http://www.unmaskparasites.com/)
    - [https://blog.sucuri.net/2012/03/wordpress-understanding-its-true-vulnerability.html](https://blog.sucuri.net/2012/03/wordpress-understanding-its-true-vulnerability.html)
 *  Thread Starter [teewrighty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teewrighty/)
 * (@teewrighty)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-code-throughout-my-posts/#post-8392288)
 * Thanks for getting back to me. A scan has revealed that indeed I’ve been hacked/
   have Malware 🙁
 * I am not very technical at all and it doesn’t seem like any of the plugins clean
   things up for free. Would you advise I hire someone to sort this?
 * Thanks again.
 *  Thread Starter [teewrighty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teewrighty/)
 * (@teewrighty)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-code-throughout-my-posts/#post-8392347)
 * So I ran a highly rated malware cleaning plugin and it sure did clean up the 
   site, in that it’s deleted a huge number of posts :/ I’m guessing that those 
   posts and their contents are lost forever?
 * Some of it was of real historic value…
 * If my web hosting company has a backup of the site, would a restore to last week
   fix this, do you know? Or is that content lost forever?
 * Thanks,
    Tony.
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-code-throughout-my-posts/#post-8395887)
 * Unfortunately a plugin cannot resolve a hacked installation for you. Plugins 
   are stupid, you need a human to tell you whether code is malicious. It also sounds
   like the plugin only removes the symptom of the hack, which is a common misunderstanding
   of resolving a compromised installation. This will only make it appear as though
   you aren’t hacked, while leaving a backdoor open so that the hacker can waltz
   back in.
 * If you’re not technical I would advise hiring a reputable organisation to resolve
   this for you.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/).

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-code-throughout-my-posts/#post-8395887)
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