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60mb "core" file in my bbpress folder - is it a virus?

    • Posted 1 year ago #

    I just found a huge file "core" (no extension) in my bbpress root folder...

    it is a binary file which has a lot of unreadable characters, interspersed with segments of code from bbpress and what appears to be log entries...

    Is this supposed to be there, or is this some kind of viral invasion.

    any advice would be most appreciated, before I delete it.

    Thanks!

    • Posted 1 year ago #

    It's definately not from bbPress mate, and doesn't sound good at all.
    I'd delete or quarentine it asap, and maybe contact your host too.

    Kev

    • Posted 1 year ago #

    I've same issue, I think its not a hosting problem, I did not contact my host yet (Soon I'll be ). My hosting is shared, I've added my 6 domains in it. My other 5 domains are clear, but which domain I've uploaded bbpress it have
    core.10523
    core.10566
    core.10576
    core.27790
    core.26889
    that's amazing, and confusing :-s

    • Posted 1 year ago #

    It's a hosting issue. You should be ok to delete them, but I'd recommend talking to your host first.

    • Posted 1 year ago #

    Support Ticket Sent!

    • Posted 1 year ago #

    Support Ticket Answer,

    Core files are generated when one of your scripts fails
    I advise to check/update your plugns in order to fix this problem.
    You are free to delete them all

    Thank you.
    ------------
    Kind regards,
    Yuri Peters
    Just Host
    http://www.justhost.com

    It's definately not from bbPress mate

    @ Rich Pedley I'm still confuse that which bbpress/wp plugin is creating trouble and generating core files.

    • Posted 1 year ago #

    my recent wp error log file
    http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=Vw2XbdRb
    Please see it and suggest a solution

    • Posted 1 year ago #

    Look in your plugins for an extra "space" that is sending output (plugins aren't supposed to send output). This could also be in one of the files you edited or in one of your plugins.

    Here is somebody who experienced the same thing: http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/errors-in-installphp-line-10-and-functionsphp-line-1898#post-12300

    • Posted 1 year ago #

    I doubt it is a plugin myself. I suffered from these a long time ago, but hadn't made any changes to the site for a while at that time.

    some of these may be worth a look:
    this forum has some interesting comments about it.

    What is a core file

    WordPress and core dumps

    WP tavern

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