

Second, you must know exactly where to look and what needs to be done to fix the malware issue. You must know what you are playing with and how it will affect the website’s performance. One wrong move and you may end up deleting your website files or the entire database. You follow these cookie-cutter guidelines and sometimes actually fix the malware issues on your own. But most of the time these lists don’t work.įirst, to follow the instructions given in such a list, you must have a good understanding of your CMS (Content Management System).

You contact Google and again you are given a cookie-cutter list to fix malware yourself. You contact your host and he sends you a cookie-cutter list to fix the malware yourself. They say experience is a great teacher and it is so true especially when you go through something as horrific as malware attacks and there is nobody out there to help you. A ‘cookie-cutter’ list is not going to help you The majority of bloggers regardless of their background/expertise use WordPress day in, day out and so WordPress security is of paramount importance to all of us.

A ‘cookie-cutter’ list is not going to help you.
