Title: Trojan attacks
Last modified: August 20, 2016

---

# Trojan attacks

 *  [steveb123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveb123/)
 * (@steveb123)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trojan-attacks/)
 * Not sure if this is the right forum but I thought I should post this somewhere
   on the forums. During the course of a regular back up to my local PC, Norton 
   blocked 2 files as it felt that these files contained Trojan viruses. Both files
   sitemaps.php and template_rss.php were found in the public_html folder outside
   the wordpress folder but looking as if they were regular WP files. Maybe as a
   precaution it would be worth all having a look at their set-ups. Both files were
   dated 22/03/2012

Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)

 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trojan-attacks/#post-2697579)
 * > Both files sitemaps.php and template_rss.php were found in the public_html 
   > folder outside the wordpress folder
 * One way or the other, your site was compromised, you’ll need to clean it up and
   delouse your installation.
 * Start working your way through these resources:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked)
   
   [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779](http://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/)
 * [http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/](http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/)
   
   [http://www.unmaskparasites.com/](http://www.unmaskparasites.com/)
 * [http://blog.sucuri.net/2012/03/wordpress-understanding-its-true-vulnerability.html](http://blog.sucuri.net/2012/03/wordpress-understanding-its-true-vulnerability.html)
 *  [porkchopusn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/porkchopusn/)
 * (@porkchopusn)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trojan-attacks/#post-2697835)
 * I am willing to pay someone to clean my site. Please contact me. [Jimrobertson01@comcast.net](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trojan-attacks/Jimrobertson01@comcast.net?output_format=md)
 *  [porkchopusn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/porkchopusn/)
 * (@porkchopusn)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trojan-attacks/#post-2697836)
 * my site is [http://www.sacramentofacepainting.com](http://www.sacramentofacepainting.com)
 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trojan-attacks/#post-2697838)
 * [http://sucuri.net/](http://sucuri.net/) cleaned up my site.

Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)

The topic ‘Trojan attacks’ is closed to new replies.

## Tags

 * [trojan](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/trojan/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trojan-attacks/#post-2697838)
 * Status: not resolved

## Topics

### Topics with no replies

### Non-support topics

### Resolved topics

### Unresolved topics

### All topics