Many times we find out we have malware because we get contacted directly from our hosting company or we go to our website and they see the Google malware warning or we go to our website and see that our website has been defamed or changed from the original. But how do we check to see if we have malware without doing any of those? How can we be more proactive? There are several ways you can scan your website for malware.
1. Sucuri Malware Scan – You can use their tool to scan to see if you have malware on your site. It’s not 100% but it will give you a quick non invasive look to see if there is any problems with your website.
2. Got MLS Plugin – This is a WordPress plugin from Gotmls.net and I have to say it does a really good job at finding and removing malware. So all you do is download this free plugin and run a scan. This can usually take 30 minutes to one hour to run depending on the size of your website.
3. Your hosting company – Your hosting company has scanners that can scan your file manager and let you know if you have malware. Just give them a call and most of the time this isn’t a problem. The easy way to avoid having malware problems is to keep your WordPress website secure. Keep your themes, plugins, and WordPress version updated. Use strong passwords and you will have a 99.9% chance you will never be hacked. Hackers love the low hanging fruit which is the most vulnerable.
If you do find out that you have malware I suggest you hire a professional service to remove it for you. Many of these plugins will remove the malware but many times they don’t stop it from coming back. We offer a great WordPress malware removal service you can click here to see our packages. We remove the malware and we also remove the backdoors the hackers use to get into your website over and over.
