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Virusdie | One-click website security

Malware scanning & removal, website hardening, patching vulnerabilities, real-time protection against online attacks, blacklist monitoring in a click!

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Open evidence

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45 / 68 rows with source links

66.2% of this page's analysis has direct source links.

0 build-decision rows missing links

0 rows here require auditable proof before promotion.

23 rows with no attached evidence

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Download Momentum

180 days
728 1.0K -27.4% 5.2K

Source Evidence

Open evidence explorer
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.88
Site health status: Critical issue “An active PHP session was detected”

Site health status: Critical issue “An active PHP session was detected”: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Site health status: Critical issue “An active PHP session was detected” Greetings, I´ve seen some performace issues, related to VD-Plugin: “A PHP session was created by a session_start() function call….” Guess it´s caused by some poor coding in …\virusdie\inc\class-virusdie.php areound line 77 public function start_session() { if (!session_id()) { session_st
complaint review · high severity · relevance 0.86
Great, but… still not for agency

The reviewer says the security plugin is still unsuitable for agencies because client detail links can expose management access to all accounts.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
they can see and manage all of your accounts
praise review · high severity · relevance 0.73
Fantastic function, semi-automatic safety tool.

Fantastic function, semi-automatic safety tool.: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Installed on our own pages as well as most of our customers websites as well.
praise review · high severity · relevance 0.72
Must Have Security

Must Have Security: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Must Have Security Virusdie is our tool of choice for ensuring that our WordPress sites are kept clean from vulnerabilities.
complaint review · high severity · relevance 0.65
One Time Password

The reviewer says repeated one-time password requests never arrived, blocking access to the security service.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
I have requested a one-time password several times. Unfortunately, I didn’t receive any
complaint review · medium severity · relevance 0.92
Plugin Not suitable for agency accounts

Plugin Not suitable for agency accounts: users show bugs, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Plugin Not suitable for agency accounts The dashboard has lots of great information but also shows pricing information and controls that non-administrators shouldn’t see.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.69
Database scan & Cleaning and Shared Access – Coming in 2022

Database scan & Cleaning and Shared Access – Coming in 2022: users show performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Database scan & Cleaning and Shared Access – Coming in 2022 In the plugin it shows “Database scan & Cleaning” & “Shared Access” Coming in 2022 , will this happen?
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.44
Virusdie rocks

Virusdie rocks: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Virusdie rocks I´m a long-term user of VD, the new plugin makes the integration a lot easier than before.
neutral support · medium severity · relevance 0.42
Error on multisite

Error on multisite: users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Error on multisite Greetings First of all: good 1st strike 🙂 In a multisite environment, the plug-in can apparently only be activated once (“Error” when activating an option in the plug-in).
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.38
Wow, this plugin…

Wow, this plugin…: users praise value, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Wow, this plugin… saved my ass.

Competitor Context

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Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin weak incumbent · intel 75.4 · weakness 58.2
weak incumbent
17 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source 1 source 2
Quttera ThreatSign – Web Malware Scanner for WordPress weak incumbent · intel 72.8 · weakness 56.5
weak incumbent
below-average rating 14 collected complaint signal(s) security compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test malware scanner lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source 1 source 2
Malcure Malware Shield — Removal, Repair, Monitor praise owner · intel 68.2 · weakness 51.3
praise owner
17 collected complaint signal(s) bugs security 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source 1 source 2
WebDefender Security – Protection & AntiSpam praise owner · intel 67.2 · weakness 50.7
praise owner
12 collected complaint signal(s) bugs security 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source 1 source 2
RSFirewall! praise owner · intel 57.0 · weakness 35.8
praise owner
5 collected complaint signal(s) bugs support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source 1 source 2
BulletProof Security praise owner · intel 51.4 · weakness 26.6
praise owner
compatibility bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source 1 source 2

Repeated Themes

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No repeated plugin-level themes have been generated yet.

Collected Signals

12 shown from 12 collected
complaint One Time Password (1 star) review · 2025-10-15T13:18:53+00:00 · high severity · malware scanner

The reviewer says repeated one-time password requests never arrived, blocking access to the security service.

Evidence: I have requested a one-time password several times. Unfortunately, I didn’t receive any
bugs setup one-time password delivery trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint Great, but… still not for agency (3 stars) review · 2025-10-11T21:03:34+00:00 · high severity · malware scanner

The reviewer says the security plugin is still unsuitable for agencies because client detail links can expose management access to all accounts.

Evidence: they can see and manage all of your accounts
missing feature security agency account access trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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praise Great plugin (5 stars) review · 2025-10-11T19:47:59+00:00 · low severity · malware scanner

The reviewer praises Virusdie as a strong security plugin and asks the team to keep updating it.

Evidence: Great secuirty plugin guys, keep up the good work and the updates
quality website security trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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praise Wow, this plugin… (5 stars) review · 2024-11-22T22:25:00+00:00 · medium severity · malware scanner

Wow, this plugin…: users praise value, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Wow, this plugin… saved my ass.
value trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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praise Fantastic function, semi-automatic safety tool. (5 stars) review · 2022-12-19T19:09:09+00:00 · high severity · malware scanner

Fantastic function, semi-automatic safety tool.: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Installed on our own pages as well as most of our customers websites as well.
security bugs compatibility missing feature trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint Database scan & Cleaning and Shared Access – Coming in 2022 support · 2022-11-16T10:36:21+00:00 · medium severity · malware scanner

Database scan & Cleaning and Shared Access – Coming in 2022: users show performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Database scan & Cleaning and Shared Access – Coming in 2022 In the plugin it shows “Database scan & Cleaning” & “Shared Access” Coming in 2022 , will this happen?
performance trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
mixed Site health status: Critical issue “An active PHP session was detected” support · 2021-12-08T17:57:37+00:00 · high severity · malware scanner

Site health status: Critical issue “An active PHP session was detected”: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Site health status: Critical issue “An active PHP session was detected” Greetings, I´ve seen some performace issues, related to VD-Plugin: “A PHP session was created by a session_start() function call….” Guess it´s caused by some poor coding in …\virusdie\inc\class-virusdie.php areound line 77 public function start_session() { if (!session_id()) { session_st
bugs compatibility support trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint Plugin Not suitable for agency accounts (2 stars) review · 2021-11-29T14:22:24+00:00 · medium severity · malware scanner

Plugin Not suitable for agency accounts: users show bugs, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Plugin Not suitable for agency accounts The dashboard has lots of great information but also shows pricing information and controls that non-administrators shouldn’t see.
bugs performance missing feature pricing trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
praise Thanks for the plugin! (5 stars) review · 2021-11-10T20:53:29+00:00 · medium severity · malware scanner

Thanks for the plugin!: users praise reliable, value, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: I’ve been a long term user of Virusdie and it works well with Patchstack and MalCare Pro, keeping our sites safe.
reliable value trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
praise Virusdie rocks (5 stars) review · 2021-11-10T12:02:19+00:00 · medium severity · malware scanner

Virusdie rocks: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Virusdie rocks I´m a long-term user of VD, the new plugin makes the integration a lot easier than before.
missing feature trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
neutral Error on multisite support · 2021-11-10T12:01:07+00:00 · medium severity · malware scanner

Error on multisite: users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Error on multisite Greetings First of all: good 1st strike 🙂 In a multisite environment, the plug-in can apparently only be activated once (“Error” when activating an option in the plug-in).
bugs missing feature trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
praise Must Have Security (5 stars) review · 2021-11-09T18:10:36+00:00 · high severity · malware scanner

Must Have Security: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Must Have Security Virusdie is our tool of choice for ensuring that our WordPress sites are kept clean from vulnerabilities.
security compatibility missing feature support trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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