Title: malicious code in /about.php
Last modified: September 24, 2022

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# malicious code in /about.php

 *  Resolved [xandreas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xandreas/)
 * (@xandreas)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malicious-code-in-about-php/)
 * Hi guys, i had a lot of issues today with my website. Now after a quick scan 
   WP-Cerber says in the “Unattended files” that there is a Malicious code in the“/
   about.php” that is:
 * Line 1: gzinflate
    Line 1: base64_decode Line 1: eval
 * Can you tell me is this is “normal” or if this is a real problem?
    Thank you 
   🙂

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 *  Plugin Author [gioni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gioni/)
 * (@gioni)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malicious-code-in-about-php/#post-16040412)
 * Hi! This is a real problem. Delete the file immediately.
 *  Thread Starter [xandreas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xandreas/)
 * (@xandreas)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malicious-code-in-about-php/#post-16040500)
 * Thank you very much!

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 * Last reply from: [xandreas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xandreas/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malicious-code-in-about-php/#post-16040500)
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