Title: WordPress virus alert – help!
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress virus alert – help!

 *  [DuncanS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duncans/)
 * (@duncans)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-virus-alert-help/)
 * Hi – I run the following website: [http://www.wandlepiscators.net](http://www.wandlepiscators.net)&
   I’m getting reports from a few users of virus/trojan alerts coming from their
   anti-virus software when they access the site.
    I can find nothing that might
   be causing this, and am not getting any warnings from my own anti-virus software.
   My question is – is this some kind of false positive? Or is it something malicious
   lurking in the site? Either way – any suggestions how I might be able to solve
   this?! Many thanks for any help.

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 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-virus-alert-help/#post-1368699)
 * > The website at [http://www.wandlepiscators.net](http://www.wandlepiscators.net)
   > contains elements from the site statscounter2051.**yourgoogleanalytics.com**,
   > which appears to host malware – software that can hurt your computer or otherwise
   > operate without your consent. Just visiting a site that contains malware can
   > infect your computer.
 * That’s not a good sign. You’ll need to figure out where that’s coming from — 
   check over your theme files for recent updates.
 * Check out [FAQ_My_site_was_hacked](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked)
   for more ideas.
 *  Thread Starter [DuncanS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duncans/)
 * (@duncans)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-virus-alert-help/#post-1368734)
 * Hmm – ok, thanks. No idea what I’m looking for here. The only recently modified
   file I can find in the themes is contact.php (I don’t remember doing anything
   to this in the last year, and it looks like it’s been edited in the last 10 days).
   But there’s nothing I can see there that looks suspicious – certainly nothing
   that’s causing any kind of redirect. Any clues?
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [DuncanS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duncans/)
 * (@duncans)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-virus-alert-help/#post-1368762)
 * I’ve ended up re-installing the whole theme, and all now seems to be fine so 
   there was clearly a dodgy file in there somewhere. I’ve also made sure WP is 
   fully up to date and have changed admin passwords etc…
    Thanks again for your
   help.
 *  [Jom321](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jom321/)
 * (@jom321)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-virus-alert-help/#post-1368929)
 * Though I have not faced such a problem till now, but it is always better to be
   aware of such things. and chris, thanks for the pointer checked it out and even
   copied to a file 🙂
 *  [brevityness](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brevityness/)
 * (@brevityness)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-virus-alert-help/#post-1368998)
 * Statcounters aren’t worth it. They are only novelties. Get rid of ’em.
 *  [migc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/migc/)
 * (@migc)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-virus-alert-help/#post-1369015)
 * Hi, I have the same problem with [http://www.puteaux-echecs.fr](http://www.puteaux-echecs.fr)
   
   People using IE8/McAfee, IE7/McAfee, IE8/Avast get at best a warning, at worst
   are blocked. It works fine with IE7/NOD32, and with Firefox/McAfee. AFAIK, there
   is no counter of any sort ou our very simple website. Any suggestion? Thanks 
   in advance.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-virus-alert-help/#post-1369017)
 * [@migc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/migc/): Post a new topic.
 *  [lyth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lyth/)
 * (@lyth)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-virus-alert-help/#post-1369018)
 * Have you tried this: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/360325?replies=1](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/360325?replies=1)

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