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# WordPress Hack Cleanup

If your site is redirecting to spam or a fake Cloudflare captcha, showing strange content, or flagged by Google, it has probably been hacked. We remove the malware, close the backdoors, and get your site back online. Fast. We help businesses across New Zealand and have dealt with everything from plugin exploits to database injections.

There has been a wave of WordPress attacks lately, and a few show up again and again. The most common right now is a fake Cloudflare or Google captcha: visitors land on a page that looks like a normal 'verify you are human' check, but it tries to trick them into running a command that installs malware, and Google flags your site soon after. We also see spam and scam redirects that only trigger on mobile or for first-time visitors, hundreds of injected SEO spam pages for things like pharmaceuticals, hidden admin accounts and backdoors that get a site reinfected days after a surface clean, and card skimmers sitting quietly on WooCommerce checkouts. Whatever is on your site, we find all of it, not just the obvious part.

## What this includes

- **Thorough Malware Scan**: We scan every file in your WordPress installation, database, and server configuration to find all traces of malicious code.
- **Complete Malware Removal**: Every piece of malware removed. Backdoors, injected code, hidden admin accounts, and malicious database entries.
- **File Integrity Check**: We compare your WordPress core files, plugins, and themes against clean versions to identify any modifications.
- **Security Hardening**: After cleanup, we lock things down. Updated passwords, security plugins, file permissions, and vulnerability patching.
- **Blacklist Removal**: If Google or other services flagged your site, we submit removal requests and monitor until the warnings are cleared.
- **Prevention Recommendations**: We provide recommendations to prevent future hacks. Regular updates, security monitoring, strong passwords, and proper hosting.

## Pricing

- **Malware cleanup and hardening**: $125-$500. Most sites, with a one to three day turnaround. Complex or repeat infections are quoted after we take a look.

## Best for

- Your site is redirecting visitors to spam, scam pages, or a fake captcha screen
- Google is showing a "This site may be hacked" warning
- You have found unknown admin users or suspicious files on your server
- Your hosting provider has flagged or suspended your site
- You need someone to clean up and secure your WordPress site today

## FAQ

### How do I know if my WordPress site has been hacked?

Common signs are redirects to spam or a fake verification page, a "This site may be hacked" warning in Google, admin users or pages you did not create, a suspended hosting account, or a sudden drop in traffic. If any of these are happening, get in touch and we will take a look.

### Can you fix a site that redirects to a fake Cloudflare or Google captcha?

Yes. That is one of the most common attacks we are seeing right now. We find the injected code, remove it, patch the vulnerability that let it in, and get the redirect gone so Google stops flagging your site.

### How quickly can you clean up a hacked site?

For urgent cases we respond the same day and usually within the hour during work hours. Most cleanups are done within one to three days, depending on how deep the infection goes.

### Will the hack come back after you clean it up?

We do not just remove the visible malware. We hunt down the backdoors and hidden admin accounts, then patch the vulnerability that let the attacker in and harden the site. That is what stops a reinfection a few days later.

### Can you remove the Google "this site may be hacked" warning?

Yes. Once the site is clean, we submit it to Google for review so the warning and any blacklisting clears. We monitor until it is gone.

### Do you help businesses outside Christchurch?

Yes. We are a Christchurch studio but we clean up WordPress sites for businesses right across New Zealand. Hack cleanup is done remotely, so your location does not matter.

## Related

- Service: https://webscape.co.nz/services/wordpress
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- Service: https://webscape.co.nz/services/technical-seo
- Guide: https://webscape.co.nz/guides/fix-or-rebuild-wordpress

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