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# Website Redirecting to Spam or Scam Sites? How to Remove a Malicious Redirect

If your site sends visitors to spam, scam or adult sites, especially from phones or Google results, it has been hacked with redirect malware. Change your passwords, find and remove the injected code in the files and database, update everything, and check Google Search Console for security warnings.

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- **Where:** Remote, anywhere in the U.S.

- **Quote:** Fixed price before work starts

## Try this first

- Test from a phone and from a Google search result, where redirects often show
- Change hosting, admin, FTP and database passwords
- Update WordPress, plugins and themes, and remove ones you don’t use
- Scan the files and database for injected code
- Check .htaccess and the site address settings for redirects you didn’t add
- Check Search Console’s Security Issues report

Common causes

- Outdated plugins or themes with known holes
- Stolen admin, hosting or FTP passwords
- Malicious code hidden in files, the database or .htaccess
- A compromised third-party script or ad

## When it’s more than a quick fix

If the redirect returns after cleanup, a backdoor is still on the server, and a professional cleanup is the fastest way out.

### How we fix it remotely

We remove the malware and backdoors, close the hole that let attackers in, clear Google warnings and harden the site.

### In-depth guides

- [Hacked? What to Do in the First Hour (Email, Ransomware or Fake Invoices)](https://wisconsintechshop.com/guides/what-to-do-if-your-business-is-hacked/)

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## How a remote fix works

1. **Tell us what’s happening:** Two minutes with the form on this page. No account needed.
2. **Get a fixed price:** A personal reply within one business day, with the price agreed before any work starts.
3. **We fix it remotely:** You approve access, follow progress and pay in your private client portal.

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## Questions

### Why does the redirect only happen sometimes?

Redirect malware often targets first-time visitors, phones or search traffic so the owner doesn’t notice.

### Will Google penalize my site?

Google may show warnings or drop pages while the hack is active. Cleaning it up and requesting a review usually restores them.

### Can you fix this remotely?

We remove the malware and backdoors, close the hole that let attackers in, clear Google warnings and harden the site.

## More website errors & emergencies fixes

- [ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS on Your Website](https://wisconsintechshop.com/fix/too-many-redirects/)
- [Cloudflare Error 521 or 522](https://wisconsintechshop.com/fix/cloudflare-error-521-522/)
- [Cloudflare Error 525 or 526](https://wisconsintechshop.com/fix/cloudflare-error-525-526/)
- [500 Internal Server Error on Your Website](https://wisconsintechshop.com/fix/internal-server-error-500/)
- [WordPress Says Your PHP Version Is Outdated](https://wisconsintechshop.com/fix/wordpress-php-update-warning/)
- [Web Host Suspended Your Website](https://wisconsintechshop.com/fix/hosting-account-suspended/)

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Tell us what’s happening. Most problems like this are fixed remotely, often the same day, and every request gets a personal reply within one business day.

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