Askimet Plugin suddenly missing

  • worldofjulie

    (@worldofjulie)


    16 years ago

    I have been using Askimet to remove comment spam, without incident, until this weekend. Now my dashboard says that Askimet has been removed because the plugin is missing. I tried to look at the plugin (using Filezilla), but it says there is an error opening the file. I tried to delete the file and reinstall, but I was not able to delete the file, nor successfully transfer the files to my plugins directory.

    This is making me worry that it might be a bigger issue? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,
    Julie

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  • Thread Starter worldofjulie

    (@worldofjulie)

    Three second update: I just tried to access the Askimet file through Dreamweaver, and the error I got was that permission is denied for accessing that folder. Help!

    Thread Starter worldofjulie

    (@worldofjulie)

    I fixed it, I hope. For some reason permissions had changed on my host server for the Askimet file. I reset them, and now it seems to be working. I’m slightly worried about how the permissions could have changed, but at least it’s working again.

    Julie
    https://worldofjulie.com

    Thread Starter worldofjulie

    (@worldofjulie)

    Ok, so digging around for clues, I see in my site files that I have 122 hits on % /wp-content/plugins/akismet/css/.default/BankofAmerica.Com/. When I click through to that, it seems to be saying my site (https://worldofjulie.com) is a spam site. Or something. Is someone using my site as a gateway to something else?

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