Security and maintenance

Malware and hacked site recovery

Your site has been hacked, bots are swamping it, or Search Console is warning you about malicious content. I find the problem, remove it and close how it got in. Response in hours, not days: every minute of exposure damages both SEO and the domain's reputation.

In hours
Exposure is cut first
Root cause
Not just the visible symptom
And the SEO
Cleaning the trace left in the index
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Why it is urgent

The damage is not done by the infection, it is done by how long it lasts

An infected site accumulates two problems at once. The immediate one is security: somebody is inside. The lasting one is SEO: Google indexes the pages the attacker injected, flags the domain as dangerous, and the browser's red warning eats the traffic overnight.

Cleaning the files is the easy part. What really decides whether it happens again is finding the door they came through, and what decides how long the traffic takes to recover is cleaning the trace left in the index.

What gets done

From containment to recovery

  • Immediate containment: cutting exposure and stopping the site serving malware
  • Finding the source: outdated plugin, leaked credential, bad permissions, uploaded file
  • Cleaning files and database, including anything injected into content and options
  • Closing the entry point and reviewing users, passwords and access
  • Deindexing the injected URLs and requesting review in Search Console
  • Hardening afterwards so the same vector stops working

How it works

The order matters

Restoring a backup and doing nothing else is the most common way to be reinfected within a week.

  1. Contain

    The first thing is to stop the harm: cutting malware distribution and data exposure.

  2. Diagnose

    Reviewing files, database, server logs and access to establish what got in, when and through where.

  3. Clean and close

    Full removal and closing the vector. Without that second part, the cleanup is temporary.

  4. Recover the SEO

    Deindexing what was injected, review in Search Console, and follow-up until the domain stops being flagged.

FAQ

What people ask before hiring

How long does it take?

Containment, hours. Full cleanup and closing the entry point, usually one to three days depending on the size and type of infection. Recovery in the index depends on Google.

Is restoring a backup not enough?

Almost never. If the backup is later than the intrusion you restore the infection; if it is earlier you lose the content in between and still have the door they came through wide open.

Is the lost traffic recovered?

Usually yes, if it is dealt with early and the indexed trace is cleaned too. The longer the domain stays flagged, the longer it takes.

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