Title: malware problem
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# malware problem

 *  [belz2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/belz2000/)
 * (@belz2000)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malware-problem-5/)
 * I STUPIDLY employed someone from the freelancer website the other side of the
   world who after a month has left me with a dud, unfinished website complete with
   malware.ARGH!!
    I have now bought a new theme and want to install it to try and
   continue making the site myself, but because the malware is there I fear I must
   delete all his work first. ?? How do I do this please? A fresh start! this is
   the website [http://www.hawkevanzeller.co.uk](http://www.hawkevanzeller.co.uk)
 * And another thing – the same hosting does another website and there is malware
   on that one too – [http://www.littlebusinesses.co.uk](http://www.littlebusinesses.co.uk).
   what should I do??!!
 * ANY ideas or help would be so much appreciated. Thank you so much for your time!

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 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malware-problem-5/#post-5037953)
 * Read through the advice here: [http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked)
 * Definitely contact your host and see how seriously they take the news, what steps
   they take and suggest.
 *  [perezbox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perezbox/)
 * (@perezbox)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malware-problem-5/#post-5038038)
 * Hi [@belz2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/belz2000/)
 * First, you have a number of things going on here and it’s probably best you break
   it out into smaller more manageable pieces.
 * 1 – If you have a new theme and don’t require anything from the older provider,
   then I recommend creating a new hosting profile, installing that theme and starting
   from scratch.
 * 2 – If you plan to use the old work, or pieces of it, the only sure way of getting
   it taken care of is engaging someone to provide you a malware review of the site
   or employing a dev to break out the features you want.
 * 3 – As for your other website, yup, it’s infected just see here: [http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/www.littlebusinesses.co.uk/](http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/www.littlebusinesses.co.uk/).
   You have what is known as a malicious redirect. The complexity in these attacks
   can range in complexity. A good place to start here is as follows:
    1. Check .htaccess
    2. Check root index.php
    3. Check index / footer / header / functions PHP files in your wp-content
 * This won’t address every case, but it’ll likely point you in the right direction.
   Another great free forum is [Badware Busters](https://www.badwarebusters.org/)
 * Hope this helps. Your other option is always to employ professionals to give 
   you a hand.
 * All the best
 * Tony
 *  Thread Starter [belz2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/belz2000/)
 * (@belz2000)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malware-problem-5/#post-5038057)
 * Thank you both that is very kind and helpful
 *  [RichardWilcox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richardwilcox/)
 * (@richardwilcox)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malware-problem-5/#post-5038058)
 * I’d suggest contacting your host. Hostgator, for example, have helped me in the
   past and removed the malware themselves. It’s in their best interests to do so.

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