Title: False positive – Suspicious function found
Last modified: September 30, 2018

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# False positive – Suspicious function found

 *  Resolved [Spacetime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spacetime/)
 * (@spacetime)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-positive-suspicious-function-found/)
 * User reported an issue:
 * > Defender runs a a regular security scan on the files and found a “Suspicous
   > function phpQuery_52.php”, with the following path: wp-content/plugins/ad-inserter/
   > includes/phpQuery_52.php
 * Thread:
    [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpmu-defender-suspicious-function-found/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpmu-defender-suspicious-function-found/)
 * This file is perfectly fine.
    It is part of Ad Inserter plugin: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ad-inserter/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ad-inserter/)
 * Can you please check and explain what is triggering that warning?
 * Thank you.

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 *  Plugin Support [Imran – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support9/)
 * (@wpmudev-support9)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-positive-suspicious-function-found/#post-10737784)
 * Hello [@spacetime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spacetime/)
 * Hope all is well!
 * I’ve tested the plugin on my end and could not replicate the same issue. The 
   Defender plugin scans the files and compares them with the WordPress repository.
   If the code doesn’t match it will mark a file as suspicious. I see that the Add
   Inserter plugin was just updated, so it is possible that the WordPress repository
   wasn’t updated in time and Defender plugin was still scanning the previous version
   of the plugin.
 * Please clear your site’s cache and re-scan your site for suspicious files. Let
   us know how it went.
 * Kind regards,
    Nastia
 *  Thread Starter [Spacetime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spacetime/)
 * (@spacetime)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-positive-suspicious-function-found/#post-10739839)
 * Thank you for the clarification.
    I’m the developer of the Ad Inserter plugin,
   I only reported what a user noticed.
 * I assume he will be able to check again and report.
 *  Plugin Support [Dimitris – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support6/)
 * (@wpmudev-support6)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-positive-suspicious-function-found/#post-10747416)
 * Hello there [@spacetime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spacetime/),
 * yes please, do let us know if this is something that continues.
 * I also ping [@glashsix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glashsix/) in here
   🙂
 * Thank you,
    Dimitris
 *  [sel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glashsix/)
 * (@glashsix)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-positive-suspicious-function-found/#post-10747662)
 * Hi there,
 * thanks to all of you. I have checked the plugins – all of them are up to date.
   The cache was deffinitely cleared. I compared the the file in the wordpress repository
   for differenceds with our current file – no changes, the files are equal.
 * I still get the notice of a suspicious function. I don’t know why however.
 * Anyway, it’s good to know everything should be alright.
 * Thanks, I think you can mark this thread as solved for now.
    Bests

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 * [suspicious file](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/suspicious-file/)

 * 4 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [sel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glashsix/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-positive-suspicious-function-found/#post-10747662)
 * Status: resolved