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title: "[Video] — Live WordPress Malware Infection Removal & Analysis"
date: 2021-10-11
author: "Shiv"
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# [Video] — Live WordPress Malware Infection Removal & Analysis

![clean WordPress malware](https://malcure.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/live-malware-cleanup-video-1024x576.jpg "Live WordPress Malware Cleanup")

Website owners need to periodically scan their website for malware as most of the time an infected website goes undetected. Security professionals / consultants will also benefit from this process. If you are new to this, you can pick up these skills and offer WordPress Malware Removal Services to your clients.

In this video we look at a hacked website, hunt down the malware on the site, inspect the malicious code, and clean up after it.

## Critical Steps in WordPress Malware Infection Removal

1. [1:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=93s) — Approaches to fixing a hacked WordPress website
2. [2:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=144s) — Important things to keep in mind
3. [5:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=320s) — Critical steps before starting
4. [8:36](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=516s) — Choosing the scanner
5. [9:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=590s) — Scanner Features & Usage
6. [14:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=854s) — Starting the website malware scan
7. [17:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=1074s) — Making sense of the infection
8. [18:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=1124s) — How do websites get infected
9. [23:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=1408s) — Reviewing the scan-results
10. [24:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=1452s) — Inspecting the infected files
11. [27:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=1640s) — Decoding the malware infection
12. [28:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=1732s) — The clean-up process
13. [32:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=1946s) — The effect of this type of malware on the website
14. [34:36](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=2076s) — Alternatively, running the scanner using WP-CLI
15. [36:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=2176s) — Alternative ways to scan
16. [36:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=2204s) — Verifying that the site is clean
17. [37:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=2242s) — Making the site available to visitors again
18. [38:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=2304s) — Documenting proof of a clean site
19. [38:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=2314s) — Precautionary steps / gotchas / preventive steps for future
20. [40:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=2410s) — Educating & sensitizing the customer
21. [41:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkpVPl73EvU&t=2484s) — Monitoring the site for recurrence of infection