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Suspicious google tag manager

May 28, 2022 by IT Nursery

I’m trying to integrate some analytics into my site and whilst debugging why mine wasn’t working, I found this line being put in the head of my document: <script async=”” src=”https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-75655200-4&l=c69d3b65dc6d40db98d2e3ee3cc1fd37″></script> Now… It’s weird because I’ve disabled any plugins I had doing google analytics. Additionally, when I look up that account ID, I find references … Read more

Can a WordPress plugin or theme contain a virus?

May 20, 2022 by IT Nursery

Is it possible to write a virus in a form of a WordPress plugin/theme? Is it possible to: steal user data? damage existing WordPress installation? (optionally) self-spread the virus? Are there any existing cases of this kind of viruses? 2 Answers 2 When you write PHP code, you can do just about anything. So when … Read more