Understanding SMART Database Scan

The SMART Database Scan tool identifies and remediates vulnerabilities, malware, and suspicious activity in your website’s databases.

Comprehensive scanning — Detects malware, spam links, and malicious code.
Platform detection — Automatically identifies your platform (WordPress, Joomla) and optimizes scanning.
Rollback functionality — Allows you to restore your database to its previous state before remediation, ensuring data integrity.
Scan history — Maintains a record of all previous scans for reference.

The results of the scan are displayed on the SMART Database Scan page.

Summary tab

The Summary tab displays an overview of the most recent scan results, platform-specific details of the scan, and scan history.

Overview

The following table describes the components of the overview section.

Component

Description

Date and time

The date and time when the scan was performed.

Status

The overall scan status.

The possible statuses are:

Good — No issues found
Issues Found — Issues found

Platform Detected

The database platform/platforms detected on your website.

The possible options are:

WordPress
Joomla

Platforms not automatically detected can be manually configured by providing MySQL credentials.

Tables Scanned

The number of database tables scanned.

Malware Found

The number of malware instances detected.

Malware Fixed

The number of malware instances successfully fixed.

Spam Links Found

The number of spam links detected.

Spam Links Fixed

The number of spam links successfully fixed.

Spam Code Found

The number of spam code instances detected.

Spam Code Fixed

The number of spam code instances successfully fixed.

Actions

View previous scans

Open earlier results.

Scan Now

Start a new scan.

Platform-specific scan results

Platform-specific scan results display details for each scanned database platform detected on your website.

The following table describes the components that may be present under Platform Scan Results.

Component	Description
Table title	The database platform. Possible platforms are: WordPress Joomla MySQL
Database Table	The name of the database table where the scan was performed.
Status	The overall scan status. The possible statuses are: Good — No issues found Issues Found — Issues found
Malware	The number of malware instances fixed versus remaining (for example, 1/0 = 1 fixed, 0 remaining).
Spam Links	The number of spam links fixed versus remaining (for example, 1/0 = 1 fixed, 0 remaining).
Spam Code	The number of spam code instances fixed versus remaining (for example, 1/0 = 1 fixed, 0 remaining).
Actions
Details	View details about the detected threats found in the database table.

Component

Description

Table title

The database platform.

Possible platforms are:

WordPress
Joomla
MySQL

Database Table

The name of the database table where the scan was performed.

Status

The overall scan status.

The possible statuses are:

Good — No issues found
Issues Found — Issues found

Malware

The number of malware instances fixed versus remaining (for example, 1/0 = 1 fixed, 0 remaining).

Spam Links

The number of spam links fixed versus remaining (for example, 1/0 = 1 fixed, 0 remaining).

Spam Code

The number of spam code instances fixed versus remaining (for example, 1/0 = 1 fixed, 0 remaining).

Actions

Details

View details about the detected threats found in the database table.

Full scan history

Full scan history displays details about all previous scans performed on your website.

The following table describes the components under Full Scan History.

Column	Description
Date and time	The date and time when the scan was performed.
Status	The overall scan status. The possible statuses are: Good — No issues found Issues Found — Issues found
Malware	The number of malware instances fixed versus remaining (for example, 1/0 = 1 fixed, 0 remaining).
Spam Links	The number of spam links fixed versus remaining (for example, 1/0 = 1 fixed, 0 remaining).
Spam Code	The number of spam code instances fixed versus remaining (for example, 1/0 = 1 fixed, 0 remaining).
Actions
Date range filter	Filter the scan history by date.
View	Reload the SMART Database Scan page with the selected scan results.

Column

Description

Date and time

The date and time when the scan was performed.

Status

The overall scan status.

The possible statuses are:

Good — No issues found
Issues Found — Issues found

Malware

The number of malware instances fixed versus remaining (for example, 1/0 = 1 fixed, 0 remaining).

Spam Links

The number of spam links fixed versus remaining (for example, 1/0 = 1 fixed, 0 remaining).

Spam Code

The number of spam code instances fixed versus remaining (for example, 1/0 = 1 fixed, 0 remaining).

Actions

Date range filter

Filter the scan history by date.

View

Reload the SMART Database Scan page with the selected scan results.

Found tab

The Found tab displays details about the detected threats found in the scan.

If your SMART Database Scan is set to only warn you about detected threats, the Found tab displays the details of the threats that were found during the scan and allows you to take action.

The Found tab is organized into sections, letting you choose how to address the detected threats:

Address all issues at once — Take bulk action to either fix or delete all issues in one step.
Address issues in this table individually — View and manage detected threats on a granular level, addressing each issue one by one.

For automatic mode, the Found tab shows items that were detected and fixed during the scan.

The following table describes the contents of the Address issues in this table individually section.

Column	Description
Comment/Post Record	Information about the specific database record or post where the threat was detected.
Malware	Number of malware instances detected in the record.
Spam Links	Number of spam links detected in the record.
Spam Code	Number of spam code instances detected in the record.
Actions
Action	Fix icon — Remediate the detection while leaving behind legitimate content. Delete icon — Delete the entire record containing the detected threat.
Manage	Display detected threat and take action. Action Fix icon — Remediate the detection while leaving behind legitimate content. Ignore icon — Ignore the detection. Threat Type — The type of threat detected (malware, spam links, spam code). Fix Status — The status of the threat (Found or Fixed). View threat — Open a pop-up window with details about the detected threat.

Column

Description

Comment/Post Record

Information about the specific database record or post where the threat was detected.

Malware

Number of malware instances detected in the record.

Spam Links

Number of spam links detected in the record.

Spam Code

Number of spam code instances detected in the record.

Actions

Action

Fix icon — Remediate the detection while leaving behind legitimate content.
Delete icon — Delete the entire record containing the detected threat.

Manage

Display detected threat and take action.

Action
- Fix icon — Remediate the detection while leaving behind legitimate content.
- Ignore icon — Ignore the detection.
Threat Type — The type of threat detected (malware, spam links, spam code).
Fix Status — The status of the threat (Found or Fixed).
View threat — Open a pop-up window with details about the detected threat.

Fixed tab

The Fixed tab appears when detected threats have been successfully remediated either through automatic remediation or manual action.

The following table describes the contents under Fixed records.

Column	Description
Comment/Post Record	Information about the specific database record or post where the threat was fixed.
Malware	Number of malware instances detected in the record.
Spam Links	Number of spam links detected in the record.
Spam Code	Number of spam code instances detected in the record.
Actions
Action	Revert icon — Revert the fix and restore the original content.
Manage	Display details about the fixed threat and take action. Revert icon — Revert the fix and restore the original content. View threat — Open a pop-up window with details about the fixed threat.
View	View the details of the fixed threat in a pop-up window.

Column

Description

Comment/Post Record

Information about the specific database record or post where the threat was fixed.

Malware

Number of malware instances detected in the record.

Spam Links

Number of spam links detected in the record.

Spam Code

Number of spam code instances detected in the record.

Actions

Action

Revert icon — Revert the fix and restore the original content.

Manage

Display details about the fixed threat and take action.

Revert icon — Revert the fix and restore the original content.
View threat — Open a pop-up window with details about the fixed threat.

View

View the details of the fixed threat in a pop-up window.

You can only revert fixes that were applied for the most recent scan. If you start a new scan after a fix is applied, the option to revert that fix will no longer be available.