Title: Plugin seen as malicious
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Plugin seen as malicious

 *  Resolved [darkmatter661](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkmatter661/)
 * (@darkmatter661)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-seen-as-malicious/)
 * I host with Siteground and they have determined that your plugin is malicious
   in that it sends out unsolicited emails (SPAM) via a POST hack on default-filters.
   php
 * Here’s what they’ve had to say: “Our System Administrators have determined that
   the plugin seems malicious and it is suggested that you seek an alternative.
 * [STR]gzuncompress_base64_decode [21/04/15] /wp-content/plugins/wp-youtube-lyte/
   wp-youtube-lyte.php”
 * You may want to reach out to them about it.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-youtube-lyte/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-youtube-lyte/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/)
 * (@futtta)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-seen-as-malicious/#post-6139784)
 * Gzuncompress and base64_decode are not malicious as such. WP YouTube Lyte never
   sends out mails (spam or other). How can I contact them?
 * Frank
 *  Thread Starter [darkmatter661](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkmatter661/)
 * (@darkmatter661)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-seen-as-malicious/#post-6139786)
 * I agree, but they seem to think differently about it because there was something
   going on with rogue emails being sent out. Their website is [http://www.siteground.com](http://www.siteground.com)
   but idk what avenue you should take for this matter specifically. I’ll msg you
   the ticket # you can reference if you’d like.
 *  Plugin Author [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/)
 * (@futtta)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-seen-as-malicious/#post-6139868)
 * >  I’ll msg you the ticket # you can reference if you’d like.
 * yes please. you can mail me at futtta-at-gmail-dot-com.
 *  Plugin Author [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/)
 * (@futtta)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-seen-as-malicious/#post-6139872)
 * never mind, just saw your mail 🙂
 * (early birds can’t see the worms)
 *  Plugin Author [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/)
 * (@futtta)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-seen-as-malicious/#post-6139885)
 * Exchanged some mails with Siteground and they confirmed they’ll update their 
   malware scanner to fix this false positive. Thanks for reporting!
 * frank

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 * ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-youtube-lyte/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=1836005)
 * [WP YouTube Lyte](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-youtube-lyte/)
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 * Last reply from: [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/)
 * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-seen-as-malicious/#post-6139885)
 * Status: resolved