False Positive or Real?

  • Resolved cocoaandtea

    (@cocoaandtea)


    5 years, 12 months ago

    This is my first website and I just recently set it up two days ago. I apologize for my lack of knowledge but I would like to know if this is something I need to worry about, and what should I do, or is it a false positive. Thanks.

    Filename: default.php
    File Type: Not a core, theme, or plugin file from www.ads-software.com.
    Details: This file appears to be installed or modified by a hacker to perform malicious activity. If you know about this file you can choose to ignore it to exclude it from future scans. The matched text in this file is: <title>Default page</title>\x0d\x0a <meta charset=”utf-8″>\x0d\x0a <meta content=”IE=edge,chrome=1″ http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible”>\x0d\x0a <meta content=”Default page” name=”description”>

    The issue type is: Suspicious:HTML/spampattern
    Description: Suspicious code pattern commonly seen in generated spam pages

    Wordfence: File Viewer page
    https://pastebin.com/CjaMSm8g

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  • Hi @cocoaandtea,

    I took a look at the file and it seems to be a false positive.

    This is one of the files Hostinger will place as a landing page. It reads:

    Website has been successfully installed on server! Please delete the file default.php from the public_html folder and then upload your website by using FTP or File Manager.

    So in any case, you’ll want to remove that file.

    Dave

    Thread Starter cocoaandtea

    (@cocoaandtea)

    Thank you Dave. I was very scared when I saw this hahaha. Thank you for the help.

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