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Repairing a hacked WordPress installation
I have updated this post based on followup investigations. This morning I found two independent reports of virus warnings being given for two different websites in the Ozblogistan network. Given that I upgraded to WordPress 3.4.1 only 2 days ago, … Continue reading
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