Here’s the Virustotal report (including Avast) for the same file from Elementor 3.22.3 (the current version at time of writing), which comes up completely clean. You could use a diff tool to compare your copy of the file against a clean copy downloaded from plugins.wordpress.org to make doubly sure, but I’d err on the side … Read more
Finding plugin that makes this part of page (finding sweetwinsprizes.info virus’s origin)
As mentioned in the comments, your site is probably hacked. I’d suspect the htaccess file first, and then maybe hacked index.php files. Cleaning up a site is difficult and time-consuming, but can be done. Replace all WP core files, manually delete and reload (via FTP) plugins and themes, look for any unusual files (since you … Read more
Looks like your site has been compromised (or possibly your computer if its not just happening on your site?) – can you access the admin area? If so I would recommend getting a plugin such as Wordfence which can help you to locate and remove any affected code and files?
The short answer is no, it isn’t necessary. You can run WP site without security plugin just fine. The benefits of security plugin are mostly in monitoring. The very plugin you link to has very extensive description of what it actually does. It is up to you if you see the value in that functionality.
Microsoft Security Essentials is blocking my WordPress website in IE11
spambot registering without providing email or password, bypassing registration process
There is more to do to clean up a site than export/import posts data. The malware can be anywhere. And it could have gotten into your site via many paths. Before you export/import posts, you need to ensure that the current posts are not the source of malware. I’d do a whole cleaning of the … Read more
The only way that I have found (and used) to get rid of ‘unauthorized’ code is to manually check everything. This includes changing access credentials for hosting, ftp, databases, admin-level users. Strong passwords, of course. reinstalling everything (themes, plugins, custom code) from known good sources via a manual FTP process. Also, reinstalling WP from the … Read more
Bing/msn bots is heavily requesting random of my website