Title: Suspicious code false positive
Last modified: August 31, 2021

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# Suspicious code false positive

 *  [peter lipp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peter-lipp/)
 * (@peter-lipp)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/suspicious-code-false-positive/)
 * Checking for malware, Cerber claims to find suspicious codes in lines like
 * if ( $var and function(parameter) )
 * since it thinks that we actually have a variable call
 * $varandfunction(…)
 * Seems not to recognize and as a logical operator.

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 * Last activity: [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/suspicious-code-false-positive/)
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