Fake Credit Card Form Virus in a PrestaShop Store - The Fix

Your site has a virus that adds a fake credit card payment form at the end of the order. It's not the end of the world. Your store can still be rescued. Your site has a virus that adds a fake credit card payment form at the end of the order. It's not the end of the world. Your store can still be rescued.

A virus in a PrestaShop store and a fake form

Viruses exist in the IT world and always will. I did not analyze where this virus on my client's store came from, but viruses come from:

• A security hole in the software
• Passwords saved in a place that some bot had access to
• A break-in to our Windows system and interception of a password

While stores built on PrestaShop were for many years an oasis of calm when it came to viruses, with growing popularity hackers have started to take an interest in this software too. This does not mean that Presta is as quickly vulnerable as WP with its million plugins. It is still a quiet haven, but slip-ups happen, like now with this form.

How to remove the credit card virus step by step

1. We check which PrestaShop version we have. The number is visible in the upper right corner. Here we have 1.7.8.9, the latest one. 2. We download a clean PrestaShop installation matching our version from https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/releases If you have version 1.6.1.12, download exactly that one and unpack it. 3. Connect to your FTP server and replace the files with those from the new installation, overwriting the old ones on your server: Remember to make a backup of your store before you start any work! All files in the folders:

• classes/controller
• tools/
• classes/

Additionally, I recommend downloading the WinMerge program, with which we can compare our installation with a fresh installation.

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If the problem returns and you have no strength left to tilt at windmills, I can clean the virus off your PrestaShop for you for about €92 net. Tel. 728 658 005 or by e-mail: adamj240 at gmail.com

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Secure your PrestaShop store

Did you manage to get rid of the virus? Now you have to secure your store. The most important things:

How to improve PrestaShop security in quick steps

• Change the passwords of all administrators in the store
• Change the database password and update it on your server
• Change all FTP accounts that have access to the store folder
• Change the admin address from sklep.pl/admin123fgh234 to another one, e.g. sklep.pl/26admin66
• Scan your computer
• Try not to use one password for everything.

If you can't cope with the virus, you can count on my paid help in getting rid of it. For more information, see the contact tab. The fastest way to reach me is by phone: 728 658 005