Reinfection Breakdown

Common WordPress malware reinfection causesand how to stop them

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If your site keeps getting hacked after a cleanup, the infection usually lives deeper in the stack. Most reinfections happen because the root cause was never removed.

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Persistent reinfections

Why your WordPress site keeps getting hacked

Repeated compromises usually mean hidden persistence, infrastructure-level access, or cross-site contamination is still active.

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Reality check

Surface cleanups leave the roots behind.

We often find tens of thousands of backdoors spread across core files, plugins, and databases that survive routine cleanup scripts.

Reinfections persist when WHM, cPanel, DNS, or database layers stay compromised.

Four common reinfection causes

The hidden paths attackers reuse.

1. Hidden backdoors in the thousands

Obfuscated payloads look like legit functions, so automated scans leave them behind.

2. Infrastructure-level compromise

Unauthorized WHM, cPanel, or root access keeps attackers inside the server.

3. Domain and DNS hijacking

Even with clean files, poisoned DNS records keep redirecting traffic.

4. Cross-site contamination

One compromised site on a shared server can reinfect the rest.

What stops reinfection

Recovery needs full root access remediation, database validation, and hardening across every layer.

Without that, attackers reuse the same hidden entry points within hours or days.

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