Site Hacked? Cleaned and Back Online in 24 Hours
WordPress malware removal and emergency security response from the Philippines. I clean infected sites, remove backdoors, restore clean files, and harden the installation to prevent reinfection — fast turnaround, remote service.
A Hacked Site Costs You Every Hour It Stays Compromised
When Google detects malware on your site, it adds a warning to your search result and blocks visitors with a full-page interstitial. Your hosting provider suspends your account. Your email domain gets flagged as a spam source. Every hour this continues, you are losing customers who cannot find you, reach you, or trust you.
The most dangerous part: many site owners do not know they have been hacked for days or even weeks. Attackers specifically hide malicious activity from logged-in admins — serving clean pages to you while redirecting mobile visitors to phishing sites, injecting pharmaceutical spam links into every page for black-hat SEO benefit, or using your server to send thousands of spam emails per hour.
Redirect hacks are particularly damaging — your site appears clean in your browser but visitors arriving from Google get sent to scam pages. You only find out when a customer complains or when your organic traffic suddenly collapses. By that point, your rankings are already damaged and your domain reputation is compromised.
Emergency Cleanup With Same-Day Response and a Clean-Site Guarantee
Based in Davao City, Philippines at UTC+8, I provide emergency malware removal with a 24-hour turnaround from the time access is provided. The cleanup covers infected files, backdoors, database injections, SEO spam, and redirect hacks — plus post-cleanup hardening to prevent reinfection. Blacklist removal requests are submitted to Google, McAfee, and Sucuri after the site is confirmed clean.
- Response within 2 to 4 hours of initial contact for emergency cases
- 24-hour cleanup turnaround from access granted to clean confirmation
- Deep backdoor scanning — not just a surface-level file scan
- Database records cleaned for injected spam links and redirect code
- Google Safe Browsing reinclusion request submitted after cleanup
What the Malware Removal Service Covers A thorough cleanup goes far beyond deleting infected files — here is every layer of the remediation process.
Emergency Scan
Full site scan using multiple detection methods: file hash comparison against clean WordPress core files, Sucuri SiteCheck, Wordfence scanner, and manual review of recently modified files for injected code patterns.
Malware Cleanup
All detected malicious code removed or replaced with clean versions. WordPress core files reinstalled from official sources to establish a verified clean baseline. Theme and plugin files compared to repository originals.
Backdoor Removal
Systematic search for backdoors — PHP webshells, obfuscated eval() strings, base64-encoded remote access files, and database-stored backdoors that survive standard file cleanup. Every backdoor located and removed before closure.
Blacklist Removal
After the site is confirmed clean, blacklist removal requests submitted to Google Safe Browsing, McAfee SiteAdvisor, Sucuri, and Yandex. Typical review time is one to three business days. Follow-up filed if review is delayed.
Post-Cleanup Hardening
After cleanup, core hardening applied to prevent reinfection: vulnerable plugins updated or replaced, file permissions corrected, login rate limiting enabled, and WAF rules configured. A clean site that is not hardened will be reinfected.
Google Safe Browsing Reinclusion
Google Safe Browsing reinclusion is handled through Google Search Console. Your site must be verified in Search Console before the review request can be submitted — I handle this setup if it is not already in place.
Malware Removal Packages Fixed-fee pricing with no hourly surprises. Pick the level of remediation your situation requires.
One-time
Ideal for: Sites that are actively hacked and need to be cleaned and back online as fast as possible.
- Priority response within 2 to 4 hours
- 24-hour cleanup turnaround guarantee
- Full malware and backdoor removal
- Database injection cleanup
- Google and McAfee blacklist removal request
- Clean site confirmation report
One-time
Ideal for: Sites that need complete cleanup, root cause analysis, and hardening so the same attack cannot happen again.
- Everything in Emergency Cleanup
- Root cause analysis — how you were hacked
- SEO spam and redirect hack reversal
- Full WordPress hardening post-cleanup
- Vulnerable plugin removal and replacement
- Two-factor authentication setup
- WAF configuration
- 30-day post-cleanup monitoring
per month
Ideal for: Sites that want ongoing protection so hacks are caught before they cause damage.
- Daily automated malware scans
- File integrity monitoring with instant alerts
- Uptime monitoring
- Monthly plugin update management
- Blacklist status monitoring
- One free emergency cleanup per month if needed
- Monthly security health report
From Hacked to Hardened in 24 Hours
Access and Initial Assessment
SFTP access and WordPress admin credentials provided. An initial scan is run within the first hour to assess scope — how many files are infected, what type of malware is present, and whether active backdoors exist. You receive a status update before cleanup begins.
Full Malware Scan
Complete site scan using file hash comparison, automated scanners, and manual review of recently modified files. Database records scanned for injected links, redirect code, and stored backdoors.
Cleanup and Backdoor Removal
Infected files cleaned or replaced with verified clean versions. Backdoors located and removed — including obfuscated PHP files and database-stored entries. WordPress core reinstalled from official repository to establish a clean baseline.
Verification and Testing
Full rescan confirms all malware has been removed. Site tested in browser for redirects, warnings, and residual injections. Sucuri SiteCheck run for external blacklist and malware verification before cleanup is declared complete.
Blacklist Removal and Report
Google Safe Browsing reinclusion request submitted via Search Console. McAfee and Sucuri removal requests filed. Final report delivered documenting everything found, removed, and hardened — with notes on how the breach occurred.
Emergency Cleanup That Actually Stays Clean Most malware removal services stop at the obvious infected files. Here is why that is not enough.
24-Hour Turnaround
From the moment access is provided, cleanup is completed within 24 hours. For most sites, the site is clean and blacklist removal requests are filed within the same business day.
Backdoor Scanning Included
Surface-level cleanup that misses the backdoor means the site will be reinfected within days through the same entry point. I scan specifically for PHP webshells, obfuscated eval() code, and database-stored backdoor entries before declaring a site clean.
SEO Spam and Redirect Hack Reversal
Pharma hacks and redirect hacks leave traces beyond the malicious files — injected database links, modified .htaccess rules, and search-engine-specific redirects that persist after file cleanup. All of these are addressed in the Full Recovery package.
Google Blacklist Removal Handled
A clean site with an active Google Safe Browsing warning still loses traffic. Google, McAfee, Sucuri, and Yandex removal requests are filed after cleanup — and followed up if review takes longer than the expected one to three business days.
Root Cause Analysis
In the Full Recovery package, I identify exactly how the site was compromised — which plugin had the CVE, which credentials were weak, which file permissions were misconfigured. You know what to fix, not just that something was fixed.
Remote Response, UTC+8
Working from Davao City at UTC+8 means I am available during US evening hours and Australian morning hours for emergency responses. Initial contact acknowledged within 2 to 4 hours, seven days a week.
Sites Recovered and Back Online
"My restaurant website was showing a Google malware warning on a Thursday evening — right before the weekend. Johnbert responded within two hours, had the site clean by Friday morning, and submitted the Google reinclusion request before lunch. The warning was gone by Saturday. He saved our weekend bookings."
"My hosting provider suspended my account for sending spam. I had no idea I had been hacked. Johnbert found a backdoor hidden in an old plugin I had deactivated but not deleted, cleaned everything including the database, and had me back online with my host within 20 hours. He also found two additional backdoors I would not have known to look for."
"One of my client sites was hit with a pharma hack — pharmaceutical spam links injected into every page. Johnbert cleaned the database injection, removed the backdoor, and got the Google blacklist cleared within two days. He also identified the vulnerable plugin that caused the breach and replaced it. Fast, clear, and professional across time zones."
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Johnbert Oñez
AI Solutions Engineer & Full Stack Developer · 6+ yrs · 50+ projects
Based in Davao City, Philippines. Specialises in production AI systems, full-stack web applications, and WordPress. Remote-first, async-friendly, fixed-fee projects.
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