Applicable to:
- Plesk Onyx for Linux
- Plesk Onyx for Windows
Question
How to scan a website hosted in Plesk against malware?
Answer
Install and use one of these Plesk extensions to scan websites against malware:
- VirusTotal Website Check - This extension scans all domains on a server for viruses, worms, trojans, and other malware.
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Sucuri Security Scanner - The Sucuri Security Scanner remotely detects website security issues, blacklist warnings, and malware visible in the source code. You can set a custom scan time and the alerting mechanism will notify the server administrator if any warnings are detected.
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Nimbusec Webhosting Security - Monitors websites and shows all incidents like Backdoors, Blacklisting and Overdue CMS updates when it is hacked.
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ImunifyAV (Linux only) - An intelligent antivirus and security monitoring tool for websites with one-click automatic malware cleanup, domains reputation monitoring and blacklist status check.
ImunifyAV is available as a Free, Premium and Shared Hosting edition. In it's free mode it scans websites content and detects malware. In the paid mode it can also clean up the detected malware. -
Imunify360 (Linux only) - Protects website from infections, maintain secure kernel, and shows relevant information.
Additional Information
To learn more about securing your Plesk server, visit this KB article.
Comments
2 comments
I just tested the free version of ImmunifyAV. Interestingly, it identifies an issue with a file of a CMS which however does not seem to be an issue. Challenge: ImmunifyAV does not state the reason / malware which it seemed to have identified. This should be the minimum what is required - even for the free version...
@b_p
Hi! I suggest you submit your ideas regarding ImmunifyAV here: https://plesk.revisium.com/support/ The developers of the extension are monitoring requests there, so you should get an answer from them.
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