When MalCare Flagged Clean Files as Malware and My Host Took Down the Site — How I Proved the False Positive and Reinstated Hosting
When managing websites, ensuring security is paramount, and malware detection tools have become indispensable. However, even the best of these tools can sometimes make mistakes—and when they do, the consequences can be staggering. This article recounts the real-world experience of a site owner who faced a nightmare scenario: MalCare falsely flagged benign core files as malware, prompting their web host to suspend the entire site. What followed was a tense journey through diagnosis, technical proof, relentless email threads, and finally, reinstatement.
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