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Hello:

How can I avoid this:

Hello,

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We would like to notify you that a security exception was detected on your site, Velas Japonesas, with the following details:

IP Address: 89.47.164.84 (IP Lookup: IP Lookup)
Reason: 404 Shield
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Its hapeening a lot of times.............every time Admin tools send an email to me............

Help!!..

Regards.....

Rafael

Rafael,

Someone is trying to break into your Joomla! site using WordPress vulnerabilities. It is almost certainly a bot.

Go to Web Application Firewall, Configure WAF, on the Logging and Reporting tab, click in the "Do not send email notifications for these reasons" field and you will get a drop down list of security exception types. Find and click on 404 Shield. That will eliminate the email.

Thanks Dale.

But How can I know if my site has been affected??

Regards...

Rafael

Rafael,

The setup of the 404 Shield function tells it what types of 404 should be a security exception. The default settings are all WordPress related. You can't hack a Joomla! site with WordPress commands. The "attacker" is a bot, it just tries these WordPress commands on every IP address. If it finds one where it works, it makes a note. Otherwise, it just moves on to another IP. This is no danger to your site, the purpose of 404 Shield is not really protection, it is to auto ban IP addresses that are used in the attempt.

Thank you Dale...............

You're welcome!

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