Case Study
The Malware That Kept Coming Back
They cleaned the malware. It came back every Tuesday.
Challenge
A returning, automated hacked website.
Outcome
Site cleaned and security hardened.
Key Results
- Resolved malicious redirects
- Removed "Unsafe Website" warning from Google
- Restored customer confidence
A small business site began redirecting visitors to spam pages, but only on mobile and only some of the time. Google flagged it as unsafe.
They cleaned it. Two days later it was back. Cleaned it again, back again. Each round cost hours and a little more customer trust.
Surface cleanups kept missing the way in: an abandoned plugin with a known vulnerability, plus a hidden backdoor file that quietly reinstalled the infection.
We removed the plugin, hunted down 24 hidden files, rotated every credential, hardened permissions, and got the site delisted from the warning. It’s been clean for three months.
If an infection keeps returning, you’re treating the symptom, not the way in.
“Hacked, or think you might be? Start with a forensic check.”
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