• Hello,

    I have installed Wordfence on my website yesterday, and got 3 error messages this morning:

    Unknown file in WordPress core: wp-includes/load.php.orig
    Type: File

    Filename: wp-includes/load.php.orig
    File Type: Core
    Details: This file is in a WordPress core location but is not distributed with this version of WordPress. This is usually due to it being left over from a previous WordPress update, but it may also have been added by another plugin or a malicious file added by an attacker.

    Unknown file in WordPress core: wp-includes/functions.php.orig
    Type: File

    Filename: wp-includes/functions.php.orig
    File Type: Core
    Details: This file is in a WordPress core location but is not distributed with this version of WordPress. This is usually due to it being left over from a previous WordPress update, but it may also have been added by another plugin or a malicious file added by an attacker.

    Unknown file in WordPress core: wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php.orig
    Type: File

    Filename: wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php.orig
    File Type: Core
    Details: This file is in a WordPress core location but is not distributed with this version of WordPress. This is usually due to it being left over from a previous WordPress update, but it may also have been added by another plugin or a malicious file added by an attacker.

    My website does not appear to be different today, and it is not indexed yet (work in progress). WordPress was updated at least once in the last week, since I started with a fresh installation. Could that be causing the problem?

    What should I do with these three files – is it something to be worried about?

    Thank you in advance!

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  • Welcome to the real world.
    A fresh installation could be hacked as well.

    What should I do with these three files – is it something to be worried about?

    Have to doubt, delete them.

    There’s something to follow.
    FAQ My site was hacked

    Hi @joan05

    I’ve just detected this on several of my websites. I use plesk. Could someone give us a solution?

    Should we delete them? Are they Plesk files or have my sites been hacked?

    Precisely, they are the same files @joan05 is commenting on:

    wp-includes/load. php. orig
    wp-includes/functions. php. orig
    wp-admin/includes/upgrade. php. orig

    @joan05, did you solve it? Someone could help us? @wfalaa

    Thank you very much,
    Crisanar

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