Title: read write error 404
Last modified: September 10, 2016

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# read write error 404

 *  Resolved [whentheskyfallsandstarsexplode](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whentheskyfallsandstarsexplode/)
 * (@whentheskyfallsandstarsexplode)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-write-error-404/)
 * Hello,
    I just in the past few days started getting a lot of emails that files
   have been deleted and changed on my website. I ran a scan and it came back with
   several read/write errors. When I click on them it takes a while to load and 
   then comes up with a 404 page. Can you please tell me what the problem might 
   be? Thanks!

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 *  Plugin Author [Eli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scheeeli/)
 * (@scheeeli)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-write-error-404/#post-8168625)
 * If you hover over those links instead of clicking on them it may give you a little
   more info about why the file could not be read. I suspect there is a permission
   issue with the files in question but it could also be a memory or timeout issue
   with your server. It would also help if we understood how and ehy files were 
   being deleted off your server. Check your error_log files to see if there are
   any clue there.
 *  Thread Starter [whentheskyfallsandstarsexplode](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whentheskyfallsandstarsexplode/)
 * (@whentheskyfallsandstarsexplode)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-write-error-404/#post-8195152)
 * Well – I still have no idea what the read/write errors mean or what I should 
   do about them unfortunately. Also I am now getting hundreds of ‘site database
   backup emails’ sent to my email account every day – is this from your plugin?
 *  Plugin Author [Eli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scheeeli/)
 * (@scheeeli)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-write-error-404/#post-8195871)
 * My Anti-Malware plugin does not backup your database or send emails.
 * As for the read/write errors, did you try the suggestion in my last reply?
 * > If you hover over those links instead of clicking on them it may give you a
   > little more info about why the file could not be read.
 * Did you check the error_log files on your server? There could be a lot of answers
   for you in the error_log files…

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-write-error-404/#post-8195871)
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