Title: Spamming issue Last modified: September 1, 2016 --- # Spamming issue * [vkareit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkareit/) * (@vkareit) * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/) * Hi, * I am facing spam issues on my website: * getting complaints from hosting provide regarding spam being sent from my wordpress website . * It seems that some one is uploading spam scripts in wordpress through anonymous folders. * How to know spam script and resolve spamming issues ? * Thanks Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/#post-7655531) * 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 [vkareit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkareit/) * (@vkareit) * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/#post-7655533) * Hi Andrew , * I have implemented many security plugins regarding spamming but they are just blocking inbound spammers to post , registration etc. * How would I know which script is sending spam mails from wordpress through sendmail binary. * thanks * Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/) * (@jdembowski) * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/#post-7655534) * Note: I’ve moved this topic to How-To and Troubleshooting. The Hacks sub-forum is for coding topics not this. * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/#post-7655535) * I would recommend reading the resources above. It doesn’t sound like you’re tackling the real issue here, that you are hacked. * Thread Starter [vkareit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkareit/) * (@vkareit) * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/#post-7655536) * Sorry for that if you did not get my issue. * I got this logs from my server firewall that my wordpress site is sending spam mails . * Time: Thu Aug 11 12:27:10 2016 +0300 Path: ‘/home/jehanab/public_html/wp-includes/ js/swfupload/plugins’ Count: 21 emails sent * Sample of the first 10 emails: * 2016-08-11 12:26:41 cwd=/home/jehanab/public_html/wp-includes/js/swfupload/plugins 4 args: /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i [-fernestine_white@jehanabad.org](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/-fernestine_white@jehanabad.org?output_format=md) 2016-08-11 12:26:41 cwd=/home/jehanab/public_html/wp-includes/js/swfupload/plugins 4 args: /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i [-fernestine_white@jehanabad.org](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/-fernestine_white@jehanabad.org?output_format=md) 2016-08-11 12:26:41 cwd=/home/jehanab/public_html/wp-includes/js/swfupload/plugins 4 args: /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i [-fernestine_white@jehanabad.org](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/-fernestine_white@jehanabad.org?output_format=md) 2016-08-11 12:26:41 cwd=/home/jehanab/public_html/wp-includes/js/swfupload/plugins 4 args: /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i [-flynn_silva@jehanabad.org](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/-flynn_silva@jehanabad.org?output_format=md) 2016-08-11 12:26:41 cwd=/home/jehanab/public_html/wp-includes/js/swfupload/plugins 4 args: /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i [-flynn_silva@jehanabad.org](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/-flynn_silva@jehanabad.org?output_format=md) 2016-08-11 12:26:41 cwd=/home/jehanab/public_html/wp-includes/js/swfupload/plugins 4 args: /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i [-fernestine_white@jehanabad.org](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/-fernestine_white@jehanabad.org?output_format=md) 2016-08-11 12:26:41 cwd=/home/jehanab/public_html/wp-includes/js/swfupload/plugins 4 args: /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i [-flynn_silva@jehanabad.org](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/-flynn_silva@jehanabad.org?output_format=md) 2016-08-11 12:26:41 cwd=/home/jehanab/public_html/wp-includes/js/swfupload/plugins 4 args: /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i [-fernestine_white@jehanabad.org](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/-fernestine_white@jehanabad.org?output_format=md) 2016-08-11 12:26:41 cwd=/home/jehanab/public_html/wp-includes/js/swfupload/plugins 4 args: /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i [-flynn_silva@jehanabad.org](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/-flynn_silva@jehanabad.org?output_format=md) 2016-08-11 12:26:41 cwd=/home/jehanab/public_html/wp-includes/js/swfupload/plugins 4 args: /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i [-fernestine_white@jehanabad.org](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/-fernestine_white@jehanabad.org?output_format=md) * Possible Scripts: * Thanks * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/#post-7655537) * Why don’t you think you’ve been hacked? Someone has access to your installation and is using your web space (that your hosting providers have given you) to send malicious emails. Resolving your hack will resolve the spam emails, but it sounds like you want to stick a plaster on the problem instead. * Thread Starter [vkareit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkareit/) * (@vkareit) * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/#post-7655538) * so that means changing passwords of wordpress admin and database user will resolve the problem , I have also scanned the website with antivirus and link [http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/](http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/) * but still facing this type of issues on regular basis. * Thanks * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/#post-7655539) * Installing plugins, changing the username and password and scanning your website with sucuri won’t resolve your hacked issue. I’m afraid that resolving a hacked site doesn’t take 5-10 minutes. It takes hours of tedious delousing, but it is all explained in the resources above. Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘Spamming issue’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [mail](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mail/) * [spamming](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/spamming/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 8 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * Last activity: [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spamming-issue/#post-7655539) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics