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  rowenalfraser · Member · Feb 4, 2017 at 2:14 am

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  I have set up WordPress through bluehost and am trying to learn fast. I unintentionally did not stop my email address being linked to my domain. I have now hidden my email. In the meantime I have now been spammed by websdesigners. I delete and block these massages. Today I was in my bluehost/Wordpress and got a malware pop up and now am having issues with my laptop. Am I fully secured from malware on my laptop with using bluehost or what more do I need to do

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  rossviviano · Staff · Feb 4, 2017 at 2:27 pm

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  Hi there!

  There are two different versions of WordPress. These are the support forums for WordPress.com, and you have the self hosted WordPress.org version. You can read about the differences here:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  Try posting your question in the WordPress.org support forums, or contacting your host directly for help. You will need to create a WordPress.org account to post to the forums.

  Good luck!

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  emiliocorsetti13 · Member · Feb 4, 2017 at 5:24 pm

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  I recently discovered that someone was able to get into my site, edit a blog post with a link to an outside site, and somehow do this undetected by me.

  My first thought was to immediately change my password, but the user profile page only allows me to generate a new password. That’s not what I want. I have a hard enough time remembering passwords as it is. I want to change the password to something I can remember.

  Also, what else do I need to do to prevent this from happening again? I’m using Jetpack premium.