Title: core index.php doesnt work without malware code
Last modified: December 13, 2021

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# core index.php doesnt work without malware code

 *  [a76.ltd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a76ltd/)
 * (@a76ltd)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/core-index-php-doesnt-work-without-malware-code/)
 * Hello
 * My WP has been infected with malware on 01.nov.2021.
    I have cleaned and restored
   web and started to work normally 07.nov.2021
 * 10.dec.2021 my host blocked the web, since the web got infected again.
    I have
   checked, that it was actually infected 21.nov.2021 only two weeks after I have
   cleaned it after the first case, so probably the backdoor remained open and allowed
   to re-infect it again.
 * Long story short, now it is clean again BUT, it doesn’t work. The reason for 
   it – WP doesn’t like standard index.php file located in public_html directory.
   WP WANTS it to be the infected one.
 * So basically, when I restore the infected index.php – then website works like
   a charm. With proper index.php I get an error 500. I am bad in JavaScript and
   php, so I can’t figure out what exactly forces WP to throw an error without the
   malware in index.
 * Here is the full code from index.php
 * Could someone please shed some light what should be done in such circumstances?
   Thank you.
 * _[link to malware removed by moderator]_
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by [a76.ltd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a76ltd/).
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by [a76.ltd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a76ltd/).
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).

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 *  Thread Starter [a76.ltd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a76ltd/)
 * (@a76ltd)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/core-index-php-doesnt-work-without-malware-code/#post-15159620)
 * Is there a way to embed the full code from pastebin directly in the forum? =/
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/core-index-php-doesnt-work-without-malware-code/#post-15159823)
 * No, please do not post malware here.
 * Get a fresh cup of coffee, take a deep breath and carefully follow [this guide](https://wordpress.org/support/article/faq-my-site-was-hacked/).
   When you’re done, you may want to implement some (if not all) of [the recommended security measures](https://wordpress.org/support/article/hardening-wordpress/).
 * If you’re unable to clean your site(s) successfully, there are reputable organizations
   that can clean your sites for you. Sucuri and Wordfence are a couple.

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 * [error 500](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/error-500/)
 * [index.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/index-php/)
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