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Understanding your SMART Scan Results

SMART Scan Results

You can find your SMART scan results by clicking the circle that says SMART on the main page of your SiteLock dashboard as seen below.

Results Page

Date and Time: The date and time the scan was run. You can click a specific date and time to see more details of a scan.

Scanned: The amount of files SMART scanned.

Added: Files that were added to your server in the time from the last scan. These can also be cached or temporary files used by the web server and/or CMS.

Modified: Files that were modified on your server in the time from the last scan. These can also be cached or temporary files used by the web server and/or CMS.

Deleted: Files that were deleted from your server in the time from the last scan. Please note that our SMART scanner does not delete files on your server. This likely means you removed files from your server in between scans.

Malware Found: Files that were found to be infected with malware.

Malware Cleaned: Files that were able to be cleaned by SMART.

Review: Files that are suspicious, but are flagged to be reviewed by our research team to ensure they are malware.

Status: The status of that scan, not the status of your website. A green dot indicates the scan came back clean. A red dot indicates the scan detected malware.

Specific Scan Details

If you click on a date and time, you can see more details about the scan.

Suspicious Files - Files that SMART found to be suspicious.

Files under Review - Files that are under review by our research team.

Suspicious Files Tab

File Name - The filename of the file that SMART found to be or contain malicious code.

Malicious Code Found - If SMART found malicious code, it will say yes. Otherwise, it will say no.

Malicious Code Cleaned - If SMART was able to clean the malicious code, it will say yes.Otherwise, it will say no.

Malicious Links Found - The number of malicious links SMART found.

Changed By You -If the code in this file was changed by you, it will say yes. Otherwise, it will say no.

Changed by Us - If the code was changed by us, it will say yes. Otherwise, it will say no.

Files under Review Tab

File Name - The filename of the file that is under review by our research team.

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