Thanks, Eli. I originally tried 1) renaming the gotmls directory and then 2) deleting the directory outright but was unsuccessful. I then turned to my host’s IT people for help. Following your instructions they deleted the gotmls directory and – lo and behold – it worked! So why did it work for them and not me?
Turns out there was a second Word Press installation on the server that I didn’t know about so while I THOUGHT I was renaming/deleting the correct gotmls directory, I really wasn’t. I’m not sure how the second installation happened exactly (I believe it occurred when I migrated the site over from my old host), but whatever the case was, everything works now and I am no longer locked out!
Thanks for being so responsive and thorough in effort to help me, Eli. YOU’RE A LIFE SAVER!
Help! I went to log into Word Press to update my site and now I’m being redirected to a page called safe-load.gotmls.net that says:
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You have been redirected here from http://www.XXXXXX.com which is protected against brute-force attacks by GOTMLS.NET
It appears I’m locked out of my own Word Press site, so how do I get back in?