Remove redirect malware from WordPress
Redirect malware sends your visitors — or only Googlebot — somewhere you never approved. We find the injection points and remove them properly.
The problem
What owners are actually dealing with.
Redirect malware is especially damaging because customers experience it as “your site is broken or shady” even when the admin dashboard looks normal. Common patterns include .htaccess rules that bounce mobile users, JavaScript that fires after a delay, PHP that cloaks spam only to certain user agents, and database options that inject scripts sitewide.
Deleting one obvious line often fails. Attackers chain loaders: a tiny bootstrap in a theme header pulls a larger payload from uploads or an external domain. Until the chain and the access path are gone, redirects return.
Mobile-only redirects are common because owners test on desktop and miss the abuse. Ask a friend on a phone, or use a clean browser profile, if something “feels off” but your laptop looks fine. Document the URL you started on — that helps intake.
What we do
CypherSecurity by MDI LABS — cleanup with real security judgment.
CypherSecurity removes WordPress redirect malware as part of emergency cleanup: locate injection and cloaking mechanisms, remove unauthorized code and persistence, check integrity of themes/plugins/core, and verify that key entry URLs no longer bounce visitors or bots to attacker destinations.
If Safe Browsing flagged you because of those redirects, cleanup enables the review path afterward — see Google Safe Browsing removal. Work starts after 50% deposit and intake; master’s-level cybersecurity practice via MDI LABS.
Redirect cleanup is usually emergency-tier work because active visitor harm is happening now. Light blacklist packages are for quieter flagging cases. If you are unsure, pay for emergency or book triage; we would rather start on the right tier than leave redirects live.
Process & next step
Clear scope. No scare-ware pitch.
We reproduce or document the redirect behavior when possible, inspect common WordPress load points (.htaccess, themes, mu-plugins, uploads PHP, database options), remove the chain, and verify. Handoff covers password rotation and update posture so the same plugin or credential hole is less likely to reload the malware.
Primary CTA is emergency deposit; compare all options at #packages. Continuity ($149–$299/mo) is recommended after redirect cleanups because these infections often return when monitoring is absent — still optional, with easy opt-out.
After redirects are gone, rotate passwords, drop unused plugins, and watch for recurrence for a few weeks. Continuity is recommended for that watch window; skip it if your developer already monitors the site daily.
Ready to clean the site?
Pay the deposit for this path, or compare packages on the hub — then complete intake so we can start.