Scanner flags legitimate theme code as malware
Scanner flags legitimate theme and plugin code as malware, and owners cannot tell false positives from real infections.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
8 public reports · first reported 3 March 2020 · last reported 5 May 2026
What's going wrong
Site owners using this antivirus plugin repeatedly get alerts on code that is legitimate, such as theme framework files, font JSON, PHP comments, embedded iframes and unserialize calls in trusted themes.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 8 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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