{"id":47537,"date":"2011-11-05T15:42:45","date_gmt":"2011-11-05T15:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins-wp\/web-security-tools\/"},"modified":"2011-11-05T23:26:05","modified_gmt":"2011-11-05T23:26:05","slug":"web-security-tools","status":"closed","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/web-security-tools\/","author":8518166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.0.8","stable_tag":"1.0.8","tested":"3.2.1","requires":"3.0","requires_php":"","requires_plugins":"","header_name":"Web Security Tools","header_author":"Ralph Ritoch <rritoch@gmail.com>","header_description":"","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2011-11-05 23:26:05","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"http:\/\/www.vnetpublishing.com\/websecuritytools","header_plugin_uri":"http:\/\/www.vnetpublishing.com\/websecuritytools","header_author_uri":"http:\/\/www.vnetpublishing.com","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":10,"downloads":3589,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":[],"upgrade_notice":[],"ratings":{"1":0,"2":0,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0},"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.0.3","1.0.4","1.0.5","1.0.6","1.0.7","1.0.8"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":[]},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[1175,6464,599,6458],"plugin_category":[54],"plugin_contributors":[92761,92760],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-47537","plugin","type-plugin","status-closed","hentry","plugin_tags-antivirus","plugin_tags-scanner","plugin_tags-spam","plugin_tags-virus","plugin_category-security-and-spam-protection","plugin_contributors-dritoch","plugin_contributors-rritoch","plugin_committers-rritoch"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/web-security-tools.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"<!--section=description-->\n<p>VNet Publishing's Web Security tools will automatically monitor your site\nfor PHP viruses and .htaccess infections. If a problem is detected, the system \nwill attempt to automatically clean your site using administrator-installed virus definitions. \nIf the system is unable to clean a virus that has propegated through your system, \nthe site will be shutdown by renaming all of your .htaccess files and installing a new \n.htaccess file which disables the site.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload and extract the plugin to the <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt>How do I initiate a scan<\/dt>\n<dd><p>You can initiate a scan by going to your admin dashboard and clicking the <code>WebSec Scan<\/code> link and then clicking the scan button. 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