Gootloader infection cleaned up
Dear blog owner and visitors,
This blog had been infected to serve up Gootloader malware to Google search victims, via a common tactic known as SEO (Search Engine Optimization) poisioning. Your blog was serving up 296 malicious pages. Your blogged served up malware to 19 visitors.
I tried my best to clean up the infection, but I would do the following:
Upgrade WordPress to the latest version (one way the attackers might have gained access to your server)
Upgrade all WordPress themes to the latest versions (another way the attackers might have gained access to your server)
Upgrade all Wordpress plugins (another way the attackers might have gained access to your server), and remove any unnecessary plugins.
Verify all users are valid (in case the attackers left a backup account, to get back in)
Change all passwords (for WordPress accounts, FTP, SSH, database, etc.) and keys. This is probably how the attackers got in, as they are known to brute force weak passwords
Run antivirus scans on your...