Managing SMART Database Scan

Navigate to SMART Database Scan page

  1. Go to your website’s comprehensive site view.

  2. On the tab bar, click Security Report.

  3. Click Security Scans.

  4. Under SMART Database Scan, click View Details to open the SMART Database Scan page.

Start a manual scan

  1. Navigate to SMART Database Scan page of your website.

  2. Click Scan Now to initiate a manual scan.

    The scan may take several minutes to complete, depending on the size of your database.

Viewing threats

View threat details

  1. On the SMART Database Scan page, click the Found tab.

  2. Under Address issues in this table individually, locate the record you want to view.

  3. Click Manage to expand the record.

  4. Click View Threat to open the threat details in a pop-up window.

Export scan results

  1. On the SMART Database Scan page, click the Found tab.

  2. Click Export CSV to download the scan results in CSV format.

  3. Choose a location on your computer and click Save.

    The scan results will be downloaded in CSV format for your review.

Addressing threats

Address all threats

  1. On the SMART Database Scan page, click the Found tab.

  2. From the Select database table menu, choose a table.

  3. Select one of the following options:

    • Clean all records — Removes only the malicious content from all records in the selected table, preserving the rest of the data.

    • Delete all records with threats — Permanently removes all records that contain detected threats from the selected table.

      Deleting records permanently removes all data in those records. Ensure you have a backup before proceeding.

  4. Click Clean Table to apply the selection on the selected table.

    The cleaned or deleted threats will be reflected in the Fixed tab.

Clean a record

  1. On the SMART Database Scan page, click the Found tab.

  2. In Address issues in this table individually, locate the record you want to address.

  3. Click Manage to expand the record.

  4. In the Action column, click the Clean icon to remove the malicious content from the record.

  5. Click Apply actions to apply the fix.

    You can click Save actions to apply your selected actions on the next scan.

Delete a record

Deleting an entire record will permanently remove all data in that record. Ensure you have a backup before proceeding.

  1. On the SMART Database Scan page, click the Found tab.

  2. In the Address issues in this table individually section, locate the record you want to delete.

  3. Click the Delete icon next to the record to remove the post containing the detected threat.

  4. Click Apply actions to delete the entire record from the database.

    You can click Save actions to apply your selected actions on the next scan.

Ignore a threat

  1. On the SMART Database Scan page, click the Found tab.

  2. Under Address issues in this table individually, locate the record you want to address.

  3. Click Manage to expand the record.

  4. In the Action column, click on the checkbox to ignore the detected threat in the record.

  5. Click Apply actions.

    You can click Save actions to apply selected actions on the next scan.