A hacked or defaced website damages your traffic, your reputation, and your customers' trust all at once, and a denial-of-service attack can take you offline at the worst possible moment. When it happens, you need two things fast: the infection cleaned and the site restored, and the hole that let it in closed so it does not happen again the next day. Spy and Monitor does both, and defends you against ongoing attacks. This page explains the signs your site is compromised, exactly how we clean and harden it, how DDoS mitigation works, and how to prevent a repeat.
Signs your website is hacked
- Google or your browser shows a "this site may be hacked" or "deceptive site" warning.
- Unexpected redirects, pop-ups, spam pages, or content you did not create.
- A sudden traffic spike that knocks the site offline (a possible DDoS).
- Your host suspends the account for malware or outbound spam.
- Unknown admin users, changed files, or a defaced homepage.
Hacked website recovery, step by step
- Contain. We take a forensic snapshot, then isolate the site so the infection cannot spread or do more harm.
- Find everything. We scan files and the database for malware, web shells, and backdoors, because attackers almost always leave a hidden way back in. Removing the visible damage but missing the backdoor is why so many sites get re-hacked within days.
- Clean and restore. We remove the malicious code while preserving your real content, and restore from a clean backup where needed, so you get a working, trusted site back.
- Blacklist removal. Once the site is confirmed clean, we submit it for review so Google, browsers, and your host lift their warnings and traffic returns.
- Root-cause analysis. We identify the exact entry point, whether an outdated plugin, a weak password, an exposed admin panel, or a vulnerable theme, and close it.
DDoS mitigation
A distributed denial-of-service attack floods your site with junk traffic from many sources to knock it offline. You cannot simply block one address because it comes from thousands. We put the right layered protections in place: a content delivery network and edge filtering that absorb the flood before it reaches your server, rate limiting, and rules that tell real visitors apart from attack traffic. For an attack happening right now, we help you activate these defenses quickly so legitimate customers get through while the flood is blocked, and then tune them to hold.
Hardening so it does not recur
Recovery without hardening just resets the clock for the next attack. After cleanup we close the entry point, update and patch your software, remove unused plugins and themes that widen the attack surface, enforce strong passwords and two-factor on every admin account, lock down file permissions, and set up monitoring and a web application firewall so you know the moment something looks wrong. A clean site that is not hardened is simply a target waiting to be hit again.
Test before the attackers do
The cheapest incident is the one that never happens. Once your site is recovered and hardened, the best next step is to find the remaining weaknesses before a criminal does. Our ethical hacking and penetration testing team can audit your site proactively, so the next root-cause analysis is one you commissioned, not one forced on you by a breach.