Hey there! So I’ve been using Wordfence Security, the scans are great. However a few weeks back, my client contacted me saying that the website was redirecting somewhere dodgy. When I went in the backend to check, the plugin had been deactivated and some malware installed.
I fixed the issue and decided to keep an eye on the plugins page. Suddenly today I found that the “Wordfence Security” plugin was missing, and in its place was one called just “wordfence” that stated it needed upgrading. I recognised this as being dodgy, so went into the full list of plugins instead, found “Wordfence Security”, upgraded it and when I went back to my plugins list the “wordfence” plugin was gone. The site had indeed already been infected with malware, so I ran a scan and cleaned it up.
Somehow, something is deactivating my Wordfence Security plugin, which is obviously rather worrying. Any thoughts or advice?