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Top 5 malware scanning plugins for WordPress?
How does malware reach your site?
WordPress users have a wide choice of wp themes they like, both free and paid. In it are unwanted pieces of code (code) embedded in themes.
Why would a hacker want to embed malware on a website?
- Add backlinks and redirects to the sites they want.
- Access sensitive personal information such as names, passwords, and email addresses.
- Your website crashes for some reason.
- Add their own banners or ads.
and many more reasons…
Here I will introduce to you the Top 5 malware scanning plugins for WordPress:
1. Sucuri:
Sucuri is one of the leading companies in the field of WordPress security. They have a paid service, but also offer free WordPress scanning.
The plugin helps to check files on your WordPress site to see if they have been changed. It also scans for malicious code, iframes, links and suspicious activity.
2. Wordfence:
Wordfence is another popular WordPress security plugin that allows you to easily scan your WordPress website for suspicious code, backdoors, malicious URLs, and known-patterns infections.
3. iThemes Security:
The free version of this plugin offers more than 30 layers of protection and security, including 1 “Secure Site” check, malware check (via Sucuri SiteCheck), strong password enforcement, security brute force attack protection, database backup, file change detection and much more.
4. MalCare Security:
This is a free plugin but will keep your website protected from malware, hackers and the rest.
Early malware detection technology helps to get your website out of the blacklist in the eyes of Google or blocked by web servers. MalCare is able to successfully detect complex malware that is rarely detected in other popular plugins.
5. Anti-Malware Security:
The plugin looks for suspicious code, scripts, .htaccess file threats, backdoors, and known-patterns infections in all folders and files on your site. The full scan may take a while to complete.
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