Title: garbage characters ? malicious code
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# garbage characters ? malicious code

 *  [Dr. Ashok Koparday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drashok/)
 * (@drashok)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/garbage-characters-malicious-code/)
 * Hi,
 * After my site was hacked I deleted the directory and reinstalled using a month
   prior backup.
 * Worddefence security scan shows this.
 * > Modified plugin file: wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/languages/wordpress-
   > seo-hu.mo
 *  I see garbage characters, which are indicative of malicious code.
 * >  This file belongs to plugin “WordPress SEO” version “1.3.4.4” and has been
   > modified from the file that is distributed by WordPress.org for this version.
   > Please use the link to see how the file has changed
 * .
 * Is it correct that this is not in the WordPress SEO new version?
 * Dr. Ashok Koparday
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/)

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 * Last reply from: [Dr. Ashok Koparday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drashok/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/garbage-characters-malicious-code/)
 * Status: not resolved