Wordpress Malware - How do I remove it?

Question

Today I went to my wordpress site which is self-hosted and I got a warning in Chrome saying \"Attackers currently on keitarotds777.onlinepharmacy24h.net might attempt to install

Answer 1

There is no hard and fast rule to defend your WordPress installation against all types of malwares but there are certain basic measures that can be taken to make yourself safer from MOST of the threats like keeping your WordPress core/plugins/themes up-to-date, moving to a better hosting, deleting old unused plugins/themes, installing some security related plugins etc. Go through the official WordPress tips for hardening your WordPress installation for further tips.

Moreover, when it comes to security related plugins, you can use Theme Authenticity Checker OR Exploit Scanner plugins for automatically detecting potential malicious files. You can also try the free scan service of Sucuri. Once you are done with the identification of the corrupted files, you can replace them with their official counterparts which you can get from WordPress.org.

To improve your defense against common threats further, install WordPress File Monitor Plus plugin - as it emails each time some file is changed. This will allow you to quickly revert any changes that some malware/script makes in the future and iThemes Security plugin that provides "30+ ways to secure and protect your WordPress site".

Note: WordPress security is a very broad subject and you will primarily find opinion-based answers from different experts!