Yes! Thank you for this solution, but I agree that this is really weird to have this set as a default option. I wonder how many people never find this page and just give up on Wordfence because of this.
Fifteen minutes later, the problem seems to have disappeared. I’ll circle back with an update if it continues.
Hi, I am having an identical problem. I deleted the file on the server and made sure it was deleted. Then I clicked FIX again. It’s an endless loop.