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Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall v4.23.90

This Anti-Malware scanner searches for Malware, Viruses, and other security threats and vulnerabilities on your server and it helps you fix them.

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  • Audit coverage Up to date 30 versions audited
  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 3, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 3, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 5.6+
  • Requires WordPress 3.3+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 84% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 77 Passed
  • 33 Warnings
  • 15 Failed
Security 51/100
Needs Improvement

19 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 66/100
Needs Improvement

40 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 58/100
Needs Improvement

7 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 83/100
Good

5 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 100/100
Excellent

3 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 50/100
Needs Improvement

3 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

321.3 KB

808.6 KB unzipped

Total files

34

across all file types

Lines of PHP

4,672

in 7 files Small

File types

  • GIF
  • PHP
  • MO
  • PO
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 18 Critical
  • 673 High
  • 407 Medium
  • 243 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall, Accessibility improved the most (+17). The largest regression was in Performance (-9). The codebase grew 18% in size.

Audited 4.21.74 → 4.23.90 · 30 versions

0 50 100 4.21.74 4.21.92 4.23.71 4.23.90

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 673 1345 4.21.74 4.21.92 4.23.71 4.23.90

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

5,576

downloads

Today

770

downloads

Week over week

−1%

vs previous week

Month over month

−41%

vs previous month

Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

16% of installs run an older version

≈ 15.8K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v4.21
  • v4.23

Ratings

783 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 758
  • 4 19
  • 3 0
  • 2 1
  • 1 5

Support: 1 / 1 threads resolved in the last two months

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

2 mo ago

Jun 29, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 37 days

average between releases

Total releases

61

since Nov 2014 · 12 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall v4.23.90 flagged 1,341 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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