{"id":731,"date":"2012-08-29T12:52:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T12:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sitekickr.com\/blog\/?p=731"},"modified":"2012-08-29T12:52:22","modified_gmt":"2012-08-29T12:52:22","slug":"website-security-scan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sitekickr.com\/blog\/website-security-scan\/","title":{"rendered":"Website security scanner – try it – you never know"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my case, I didn't know. Well, to be 100% accurate, I did find out that one of my clients fell victim to a WordPress security vulnerability after moving to a less-expensive shared hosting provider. This happened a few months ago. I've since upgraded their site to the latest version of WordPress and the attackers were sent packing.<\/p>\n

But, just yesterday I received a comment that a user of that site was alerted by their anti-virus software that the site was not "trusted". This perplexed me, the site had been upgraded, I checked the code for any leftover JavaScripts or other malicious code. Nothing, the site was solid.<\/p>\n

So, on a whim, I decide to type "website security scanner" in Google. I tried the very first result: http:\/\/sitecheck.sucuri.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Bingo! The scan results indicated that McAfee TrustAdvisor blacklisted the site as a security threat. This no doubt happened while the site was under attack a few months ago. But, they never removed the listing. This very listing is what was irking the user's anti-virus software. I have since requested that McAfee reevaluate the site. We'll see what happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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