Redirects to spam, injected pharma text, a defaced homepage, or Google flagging your site — these are symptoms. A proper cleanup fixes the root cause, not just the visible mess.
Why sites get reinfected
Most reinfections come from a leftover backdoor, an outdated plugin/theme, weak admin credentials, or shared-hosting cross-contamination. Deleting the visible malware without closing the hole just resets the clock.
A proper cleanup
- Take a backup, then scan core, plugins, themes and the database for injected code and backdoors.
- Replace core/plugins/themes with known-good versions; remove abandoned ones.
- Rotate all credentials and secret keys; review users and scheduled tasks.
- Clean blocklisting with Google Safe Browsing and reputation vendors.
- Harden: least-privilege, a WAF, file-integrity monitoring and updates.
We clean and harden sites you own or administer, and find the root cause so it stays clean.