Title: xmlrpc.php attacks continue after file is deleted?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# xmlrpc.php attacks continue after file is deleted?

 *  [foxsch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/foxsch/)
 * (@foxsch)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpcphp-attacks-continue-after-file-is-deleted/)
 * Some of my wordpress sites have been under attack from some time now. Thankfully
   my hosting provider has robust firewall safety so I can safely read about these
   attacks whilst my sites remain secure. However, the number of attacks grew to
   such an extent for two of my sites I completely removed the xmlrpc.php file, 
   and adjusted the header settings to reflect that ping-back did not form part 
   of the wordpress set up.
    Anybody got any idea as to why the attacks are still
   being launched against a non-existant file?

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpcphp-attacks-continue-after-file-is-deleted/#post-6662381)
 * Because the attacks are automated via a script that doesn’t check or care if 
   the attack works or not. Or even if the file exists or not.
 *  Thread Starter [foxsch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/foxsch/)
 * (@foxsch)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpcphp-attacks-continue-after-file-is-deleted/#post-6662583)
 * OK ~ Thanks.
 *  Still a bit worrying, but let’s hope the script is equally deficient in effectiveness!

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpcphp-attacks-continue-after-file-is-deleted/#post-6662583)
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