Website Virus & Malware Removal

We clean compromised WordPress, Magento, Joomla and custom PHP sites, find the actual entry point rather than just deleting visible symptoms, and get you removed from Google's blacklist. Most clean-ups are completed within 24 to 48 hours.

The infections we see most

Pharma hacks and the Japanese keyword hack are the two we remove most often. Both inject hidden spam pages into your index, cloak them so they only show to Googlebot, and route real visitors through a redirect chain to a third-party domain. We also clean conditional redirects (mobile-only or referrer-only, which is why owners often cannot reproduce the problem), backdoors hidden inside legitimate-looking plugin files, web shells like c99 and WSO, and credit-card skimmers injected into checkout pages.

Finding the symptom is easy. Finding the door it walked through is the real work. We trace the infection back to its source, usually an outdated plugin with a known CVE, a leaked admin password, a vulnerable theme function, or shared-hosting cross-contamination from a neighbouring site on the same account.

How we clean and verify

We take a full backup first, then compare your core WordPress files against official checksums so anything modified or added is flagged immediately. We scan the database for injected admin users, malicious cron jobs, and base64 or eval-obfuscated payloads, then clear the spam entries from your index. Every backdoor and shell is removed, not just the parts the scanner shows, because attackers plant several so one survives the clean-up.

After cleaning, we re-scan to confirm zero remaining payloads, check that cloaked pages no longer serve different content to Googlebot, and test the redirect behaviour on mobile and desktop to be certain nothing fires. You get a short report of what was infected, where it got in, and what we removed.

Blacklist removal and reconsideration

Once the site is genuinely clean, we handle the Google Safe Browsing removal and the Search Console security-issue reconsideration request, plus de-listing from blacklists like McAfee, Norton and Yandex where they apply. Submitting too early is the most common mistake people make on their own, because a single missed shell means Google re-flags you and the next review takes longer.

We only request the review after our re-scan is clean, which keeps the turnaround short. Typical Safe Browsing removal lands within 72 hours of submission, and we monitor Search Console until the warning is gone.

Hardening and reinfection prevention

A clean site that is not hardened gets reinfected, often within days, because the same hole is still open. We patch or remove the vulnerable plugin, delete abandoned and nulled plugins entirely, force-reset all admin and database passwords, change security keys, and lock down file permissions and the uploads directory so PHP cannot execute from it.

We then add a firewall, disable file editing from the dashboard, enforce two-factor on admin accounts, and set up an automated off-server backup so a future incident is a quick restore rather than a fresh clean-up. Optional monthly monitoring catches any new injection before Google does.

Why bring this to Backlink Hut

Hacked-site recovery is a deadline problem, so we run this 24/7 and start through WhatsApp the moment you message, not after a ticket queue. We fix the entry point, not just the visible spam, which is the difference between a site that stays clean and one that is reinfected by the weekend.

We work results-first: if an agreed clean-up target is missed, we keep working at no extra charge until your scans are clear and the blacklist warning is gone. Every reconsideration request and report is written by a real person, never auto-generated.