My web site may be hacked.

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My web site, which installed Wordpress by your company one click wizard is being hacked by someone called 3xplr3.
I didn't change any other things but the wordpress settings.
And, I just leave for around 2 hours.
the wordpress admin account is modified and the main page sometimes show a weird page.
Please help check what wrong is it.
BTW, I just open the site for lesser than one day.
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Tim S.
Hi KenCheung,

Thanks for posting your question. I'm sorry you think your site may have been hacked. I'm more than happy to assist you.

Typically, hacks like these occur from a number of reasons. First, be sure to change you Admin password. Make sure all your plugins and WordPress itself is up to date. Then, you'll want to run a malware scan on your local computer and update any software there as well.

Check in your WordPress dashboard to make sure there's no other users that have been created. If there is, delete them to be sure a hacker may not have created another admin user.

Also, the hack can be due to a hacked cPanel password, so we'd advise you of changing that password as well.

I hope this helps! If you need further assistance please feel free to contact us.

Thanks!

Tim S