Skip to content
Send Search ResultsSend ReviewsCallBook

Playbook

How to Check a Website Backup Is Clean Before You Restore It

A backup made after the hack brings the hack back.

Get Your Site Checked Call (202) 630-1645
  • Fixed price before work starts
  • No hourly billing
  • Confidential

The steps

  1. 1Find when the hack started, then pick a backup from before that date.
  2. 2Scan the backup before it goes live.
  3. 3Look for admin users you don't recognize.
  4. 4Look for scheduled tasks and files you didn't add.
  5. 5Change every password after restoring.
  6. 6Test forms, checkout, and logins.
  7. 7Watch Google Search Console for new security warnings.

Signs the backup is infected

  • Spam pages return within days
  • Unknown admin accounts
  • Redirects to other sites

Want it handled?

We do this for you

This playbook is part of Hacked Website Repair and SEO Recovery. See the model behind every playbook on the playbooks page.

Get Your Site Checked.

We review it and send you a fixed price before any work starts.

Or call now
Loading the form...
Get a Reputation AuditCall