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Compromised website

Soldato
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My website has been getting virus warnings when connecting to it from various browsers on 2 different machines, so I scanned them both and found nothing. I concluded it was my website and contacted the host. They said it looks like my site had been compromised and advised to delete and re-install from back up. The thing is I didn't back it up as it's just pics and texts in Wordpress. I downloaded the content of the site and scanned it for viruses and spy-ware and found nothing. What's the best way to be sure it's all clean so I can upload it again ?

MW
 
If all the pictures and text are fine, delete everything on your site. Change the site password and then put the files back.

That's what I did. I haven't had any problems from my site directly but when I clicked to reset my wordpress password it sent me an email, when I clicked on the link in the email I got a viruses warning before it emailed me a new password :/

MW
 
How can I tell if I have SSH access, it's hosted with 123-reg ?

I don't have dedicated hosting, so it's likely to be shared.

My response from the 123-reg was "It looks like your site has been compromised." and then went on to say remove the content and upload a back up and change your passwords. It was nice they responded so quickly (under 5 mins) but it was so quick it was almost like they didn't check.

MW
 
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