Has your website been blocked or flagged — “This site may be hacked,” “Deceptive site ahead,” “Malicious website detected,” or an antivirus URL warning? You are in the right place. Below is a step-by-step removal guide for every major blacklist and antivirus, plus what to do when the warning keeps coming back.
First: confirm it is actually a false positive
Never request a delisting while your site is still infected — the flag returns and some vendors rate-limit you. Check first:
- Run my free Is My Site Hacked? checker.
- Cross-check on VirusTotal.
- If anything is found, get a full cleanup first.
Website & browser blacklists
- Google Safe Browsing
- Norton Safe Web
- McAfee WebAdvisor / SiteAdvisor
- Bitdefender
- Yandex Safe Browsing
- Webroot (BrightCloud)
- Fortinet (FortiGuard Web Filter)
- Malwarebytes (Browser Guard)
- Comodo / Xcitium
- Avira
- Emsisoft
- F-Secure
- G Data
- Trustwave (now LevelBlue)
- Microsoft Defender SmartScreen
- Symantec (Broadcom)
- Trellix / FireEye
- Forcepoint
- Virusdie
- Clean-MX
- Certego
- DNS8
- Phishing.Database
- Sucuri
- Spamhaus
- Cisco Talos
- Barracuda Central
- SURBL
- Quttera
- Netcraft
- PhishTank
- SiteLock
- SORBS
Antivirus engine detections
- Avast
- AVG
- Kaspersky
- ESET
- Trend Micro
- Gridinsoft
- VIPRE
- AegisLab
- Lionic
- Zillya
- CyRadar
- Sophos
- Dr.Web
- Panda
- SecureAge APEX
- Vir.IT eXplorer (TG Soft)
- Antiy-AVL
- K7
- ZoneAlarm (Check Point)
- Quick Heal
- Adaware
- Acronis
- Cyren (now Varist)
- Qihoo 360 (360 Total Security)
- CrowdStrike
- SentinelOne
- Cylance (now Arctic Wolf)
- Palo Alto Networks (WildFire)
- AhnLab (V3)
- Baidu
- Tencent
- Rising
- Jiangmin
- Kingsoft (Cheetah Mobile)
- eScan / MicroWorld
- Ikarus
- Arcabit
- VBA32 (VirusBlokAda)
- Zoner
- AlYac (ESTsecurity)
- Hauri (ViRobot)
- nProtect (Inca Internet)
- Cybereason
- Elastic Security
- Sangfor Engine Zero
- Trapmine
- Trustlook
- Max Secure
- MAX (Saint Security)
- TEHTRIS (eGambit)
- Yomi (Yoroi)
- Bkav
- CMC (CMC InfoSec)
- Spybot Search & Destroy
- Xvirus
- SRN Micro / Solo Antivirus
- Babable
- SmartCOP
- Preventon
- Trojan Remover
- AVZ (Antiviral Toolkit)
- Agnitum (Outpost)
- Norman
- F-Prot
- TrustPort
- BluePoint Security
- ByteHero
- Immunet
- Roboscan
- TheHacker
- EMCO Malware Destroyer
- Endgame
- Invincea
- Constant Guard (Xfinity)
Flag won’t go away? I’ll handle the whole thing
If a warning keeps returning, the infection was never fully removed. As a USA-based WordPress security specialist I remove the malware completely, submit the delistings on your behalf, and harden your site so it stays clean.
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