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Security & Recovery

Malware RemovalBlacklist DelistingHeadless Migration

WordPress Malware-Entfernung & Gehackte Website-Wiederherstellung

Reinige deine Website. Dann eliminiere die Angriffsfläche.

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Response Time

Emergency triage

99.8%

Recovery Rate

Across all engagements

Attack Surface

Post-migration to headless

72hr

Blacklist Removal

Google, Norton, McAfee

What Is WordPress Malware Removal?

WordPress malware removal means finding, quarantining, and eliminating malicious code injected into a WordPress installation — backdoors, SEO spam, redirect scripts, cryptominers, all of it. The work involves file-level forensics, database inspection, delisting from Google Safe Browsing and antivirus vendors, and hardening the site against reinfection. When the same site keeps getting hacked, the real fix is cutting the WordPress attack surface out entirely by migrating to headless architecture.

Wo Projekte scheitern

Google's showing 'This site may be hacked' in your search results Every hour that warning stays live, you're losing 60-80% of organic traffic — and bleeding years of domain trust you can't get back quickly.

Your host suspended your account for malware Downtime compounds fast — customers bounce, revenue stops, and some hosts will delete your files after 48 hours.

You cleaned the site yourself but it got reinfected within weeks That means a backdoor was missed, or the original attack vector — outdated plugins, weak credentials — was never actually closed.

Customer data may have been exfiltrated A breach without proper disclosure can trigger GDPR/CCPA penalties and permanently destroy customer trust.

You're running 15+ plugins and can't figure out which one was the entry point Every unmaintained plugin is an open door. WordPress's PHP execution model means any plugin can run arbitrary code — any of them.

You've been blacklisted by Norton, McAfee, or Sucuri SiteCheck Blacklists spread across antivirus software, browsers, and email filters, cutting off traffic from multiple channels at once.

Compliance

Deep File-Level Forensics

We diff every file against known WordPress core, theme, and plugin checksums using WP-CLI and custom tooling. Modified or injected files get identified, quarantined, and documented before we remove anything.

Database Malware Scan

Malware hides in wp_options, wp_posts, and serialized data. We scan every table for obfuscated PHP, base64 payloads, and SEO spam injections that file scanners miss entirely.

Blacklist Delisting

We submit removal requests to Google Safe Browsing, Norton Safe Web, McAfee SiteAdvisor, and Sucuri. We monitor each listing until it's fully cleared and search warnings are gone.

Backdoor Elimination

Hackers plant multiple backdoors — hidden admin users, cron jobs, mu-plugins, PHP files sitting in your uploads directory. We hunt every one and verify removal with post-cleanup penetration testing.

WAF & Hardening

Post-cleanup, we deploy Cloudflare WAF rules, disable XML-RPC, enforce 2FA, lock down file permissions, and set up real-time file integrity monitoring. Defense in depth — not a single plugin doing all the work.

Headless Migration Assessment

We audit your site's architecture and put together a concrete migration plan to Next.js or Astro, moving WordPress into a headless CMS role where it's never publicly exposed to the internet again.

Was wir bauen

Emergency 4-Hour Triage

We start forensic analysis within 4 hours of engagement — isolating the infection, preserving evidence, and stopping any active data exfiltration.

Wordfence & Sucuri Integration

We deploy and configure Wordfence firewall rules and Sucuri server-side scanning as immediate defensive layers during and after cleanup.

Google Search Console Recovery

We handle the manual action review request, submit reconsideration, and keep watching until Google lifts all security warnings from your search listings.

Full Incident Report

You get a documented timeline: how they got in, what was compromised, what was cleaned, and exactly what changed to make sure it doesn't happen again.

90-Day Reinfection Guarantee

If malware comes back within 90 days through the same vector, we re-clean at zero cost. Partial cleanup isn't something we'll sign off on.

Headless Migration Execution

When you're ready to permanently eliminate the WordPress attack surface, we rebuild your frontend in Next.js or Astro with WordPress running as a secure, unexposed content API.

Unser Prozess

Emergency Triage & Containment

We take a full backup, isolate the infected environment, revoke compromised credentials, and identify the primary infection vector. Active threats get neutralized before deep forensics begin.

Hours 1-4

Deep Scan & Malware Removal

File-by-file diff against clean checksums. Database scan for injected payloads. Every backdoor, webshell, and obfuscated script gets removed. We verify against Wordfence, Sucuri, and manual inspection.

Hours 4-24

Blacklist Removal & Verification

We submit delisting requests to Google, Norton, McAfee, and all flagging vendors. Search Console manual actions get addressed directly. We monitor until every warning is cleared.

Days 1-3

Hardening & Monitoring

WAF deployment, file permission lockdown, plugin audit, 2FA enforcement, XML-RPC disabled, and real-time file integrity monitoring. You get a hardened site and a full incident report.

Days 3-5

Headless Migration Planning

We deliver a detailed migration roadmap: your content stays in WordPress — unexposed — while your frontend moves to Next.js or Astro on Vercel or Cloudflare. No more PHP attack surface. No more plugin roulette.

Week 2

WordfenceSucuriWP-CLINext.jsAstroVercelCloudflare WAF

Häufige Fragen

Wie schnell kannst du mit der Bereinigung meiner gehackten WordPress-Website beginnen?

Wir starten die Notfall-Triage innerhalb von 4 Stunden nach Engagement. Erste Priorität ist die Eindämmung — Widerrufen kompromittierter Anmeldedaten, forensische Sicherungen erstellen und aktive Bedrohungen stoppen. Die vollständige Malware-Entfernung ist normalerweise innerhalb von 24 Stunden abgeschlossen. Blacklist-Delisting dauert je nach Anbieter weitere 1-3 Tage.

Warum wird meine WordPress-Website nach der Bereinigung immer wieder gehackt?

Reinfektionen treten auf, wenn Backdoors übersehen werden oder der ursprüngliche Angriffsvektor offen bleibt. Hacker pflanzen nicht eine Backdoor — sie pflanzen mehrere. Versteckte Admin-Konten, Cron-Jobs, mu-Plugin-Dateien, PHP-Dateien, die im Uploads-Verzeichnis vergraben sind. Eine gründliche Bereinigung muss alle finden. Wenn deine Website immer wieder gehackt wird, ist die echte Antwort, die WordPress-Angriffsfläche vollständig durch Headless-Migration zu entfernen.

Was ist der Unterschied zwischen Wordfence und Sucuri bei der Malware-Entfernung?

Wordfence läuft als WordPress-Plugin mit integrierter Firewall und Datei-Scanner. Sucuri bietet Server-seitige Scans und eine Cloud-basierte WAF, die vor deiner Website sitzt. Wir verwenden beide während der Bereinigung — Wordfence für tiefe Datei-Ebenen-Analyse, Sucuri für externe Überwachung und DNS-Schutz. Keines allein reicht für eine ordnungsgemäße Remediation aus.

Wie bekomme ich meine Website von der Google-Blacklist entfernt?

Nach der Malware-Entfernung reichen wir eine Überprüfungsanfrage über Google Search Console ein. Google crawlt deine Website neu und verifiziert, dass die Malware weg ist — normalerweise innerhalb von 24-72 Stunden. Wir reichen auch Entfernungsanfragen bei Norton Safe Web, McAfee SiteAdvisor und allen anderen Anbietern ein, die deine Domain kennzeichnen, dann beobachten wir jede, bis sie vollständig gelöscht ist.

Wie verhindert die Migration zu Headless Next.js oder Astro zukünftige Hacks?

In einem Headless-Setup läuft WordPress hinter einer Firewall als Content-API — nie dem öffentlichen Internet ausgesetzt. Besucher treffen auf ein statisches oder Server-gerendertes Frontend, das in Next.js oder Astro gebaut ist. Keine PHP-Ausführung auf dem Frontend bedeutet keine Plugin-Anfälligkeiten, keine Brute-Force-Login-Angriffe, keine Datei-Injection-Vektoren. Die Angriffsfläche sinkt auf praktisch null.

Werde ich meine SEO-Rankings während der Malware-Bereinigung oder Migration verlieren?

Während der Bereinigung ist die Priorität, Googles Sicherheitswarnungen schnell zu entfernen — diese Warnungen zerstören die Click-Through-Rate viel mehr als jede Bereinigungsausfallzeit. Für Headless-Migrationen implementieren wir ordnungsgemäße 301-Weiterleitungen, bewahren URL-Strukturen, übertragen alle Metadaten und reichen aktualisierte Sitemaps ein. Die meisten Websites sehen Ranking-Verbesserungen innerhalb von 4-6 Wochen, hauptsächlich durch bessere Core Web Vitals Scores.

Emergency Cleanup from $3,000

Fixed-fee cleanup. 90-day reinfection guarantee. Headless migration quoted separately.

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