Title: Malware removal
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Malware removal

 *  [andyandy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/androidandreas/)
 * (@androidandreas)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malware-removal-3/)
 * I have been told by technical support at my host (iPage) that my site is infected
   with malware.
 * I thought I had paid for a product that secured the site against malware attacks,
   but in fact they had sold me a product that is only good for the last seven days–
   backing up from this is the infection is older than seven days is apparently 
   no use now as the infection is older than that.
 * They suggested I recreate the site form scratch but I am not willing to dot hat
   as it would take far too long.
 * Is there a way to remove malware myself (and keep the site safe?)

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 *  [martcol](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hotmale/)
 * (@hotmale)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malware-removal-3/#post-6049449)
 * There is advice and other resources here:
 * [https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked](https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked)
 * And you might like to consider this:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress)
 *  Thread Starter [andyandy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/androidandreas/)
 * (@androidandreas)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malware-removal-3/#post-6049691)
 * Thankyou, I will check these out.
 * It seems that I am paying for a virtually useless “security” product from iPage.
 *  [Lalit Nagrath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laliz/)
 * (@laliz)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malware-removal-3/#post-6049692)
 * You can clean it yourself too,just need to locate the malware and remove infected
   code.
 * EDIT:download the last backup and run it through some malware checker, as i am
   not on windows and dont require a Virus scanner, i use online website like [https://www.virustotal.com/](https://www.virustotal.com/)
   to scan for any infection, make a zip of your files and upload it to check there.
 * creating from scratch is hard,you can ask hosting for a older backup from the
   date you suspect website was hacked and try restoring it.
 *  Thread Starter [andyandy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/androidandreas/)
 * (@androidandreas)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malware-removal-3/#post-6049708)
 * Hi Laliz
 * Thanks for the advice.
 * After looking at threads on downloading my WordPress site I have now installed
   Apache.
 * I installed the Sucuri plug in yesterday and what is already becoming clear is
   that there are a hell of a lot of attempted hacks going on.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [andyandy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/androidandreas/)
 * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malware-removal-3/#post-6049708)
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