Applicable to:
- Plesk for Linux
- Plesk 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
3 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.
This from 2017 software does not allow sig in on web site, and get stuck on recaptcha:
VirusTotal Website Check
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