Title: .sys directory in wordpress root
Last modified: April 23, 2021

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# .sys directory in wordpress root

 *  [imakers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imakers/)
 * (@imakers)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sys-directory-in-wordpress-root/)
 * Hi – I’ve had a security plugin flag a problematic file in a sub-directory of
   my wordpress root /.sys… I’m fine to deal with the file, but the problem I have
   is that I don’t know what has created the .sys directory in the first place. 
   I can’t seem to find any reference to it as being part of the wordpress install–
   in fact google doesn’t seem to return any results for a .sys directory (and searching
   for /sys obviously returns far too many other results to make it useful!)
 * The structure underneath is .sys is as follows:
 *     ```
       .sys/
         - [random string]
            - .drs/
                - [lots of random string files]
            - .lks/
                - [lots of random string files]
       ```
   
 * I’ve checked for unknown plugins on my system and can’t see anything obviously
   wrong, but as I can’t find any information about this directory, it’s got me 
   spooked!
 * Does anyone have any clues as to whether this is from a plugin or whether it’s
   
   part of the WordPress system? I’ve confirmed it’s not part of my hosting.
 * Apologies in advance if I’ve asked a daft question! Any feedback or thoughts 
   would be very much appreciated.
 * Thanks
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by [imakers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imakers/).

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 *  Moderator [Yui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fierevere/)
 * (@fierevere)
 * 永子
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sys-directory-in-wordpress-root/#post-14355477)
 * It is not a part of WordPress, nor any plugin should create such thing within
   website root.
 * Most likely its a doorway malware, check your .htaccess file for redirects to
   that folder.
 * Also see [https://wordpress.org/support/article/faq-my-site-was-hacked/](https://wordpress.org/support/article/faq-my-site-was-hacked/)
 *  Thread Starter [imakers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imakers/)
 * (@imakers)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sys-directory-in-wordpress-root/#post-14355682)
 * Thank you [@fierevere](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fierevere/) for your
   reply. I feared this might be the case! I can’t immediately see anything in the
   htaccess files, but I’ll take the necessary steps to secure the site.
 * Thanks for your help with this.

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