Website folder filled with cron…tmp files if express curator plugin is enabled

  • Resolved spa3212

    (@spa3212)


    9 years, 8 months ago

    Hello,
    I want to bring this thing in kind notice of developer, this plugin is behaving like a hacker. . my website folder gets filled with thousands of files that names like. cron…tmp please check picture to see it yourself..I really love this plugin but I was disappointed to see it in deactivated plugins..please help.

    I have already deactivate every pluing
    and Theme and use only theme that came with wordpress..

    and just enable express curate and as soon as I enable it these files start developing in my folder..

    now I have deactivated this plugin and everything seems to be working file..
    please sort out this problem I really love this plugin..

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  • Thread Starter spa3212

    (@spa3212)

    here is the link to files that this plugin create..

    https://imageshack.com/i/eyLHhgZIj

    Hi,
    Same issue here. Root and wp-admin folders are flooded with thousands of 0byte temp files. All files start with “cron”. Can you provide a fix please? I also had to deactivate the plugin, but I would love to use it.
    Thanks

    Thread Starter spa3212

    (@spa3212)

    Yes, they are of 0 byes but this plugin behaving like big virus..and yes it increases cpu times as well..

    and such files keeps go developing every second.
    I think developer should take this thing seriously and solve this..though its totally upto developer …you know its a free plugin..:)

    Hi,

    I’m having the same problem over here:

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/mnqsuu6fhzt5yt0/Screenshot%202015-03-11%2022.53.10.png?dl=0

    Thousands upon thousands of those files are generated.
    I am in the process of cleaning them but it seems as if there is no end to them.

    Please advise.

    I am coming back on this issue to add a little insight.

    I was so crowded with empty files (around 100k), that I have having no luck deleting them manually, therefore the best solution I have found was to do the folowing:

    SSH into my remote host, then

    rm -rf cron* to delete all of them.

    This is by far the fastest way to get rid of them, however I too have to keep the plugin deactivated right now, otherwise they just keep coming back every minute or so.

    Plugin Author ExpressCurate

    (@expresscurate)

    Hi and thanks for the feedback.

    Sorry for this mess. We did our best to fix this as soon as we got this message.

    Please,
    1. update the plugin to the latest v2.0.8.
    2. delete/clean up all those cron* files as suggested above (rm cron*)
    3. activate and enjoy the plugin ??

    Please, get back and check if there is any cron files appearing again, just to be on the safe side. Contact us directly at support at expresscurate dot com in case you see something strange. We are committed to making sure you have positive experience with ExpressCurate tools.

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