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Is it a Wordpress site? This plugin is one of the most widely used for Wordpress virus protection and cleanup.

Here are three others I've used in the past with good success. Sucuri in particular is solid.

• Sucuri
• AVG
• Online Link Scan

Hi Scott,

It sure is an SEO topic! If a website has malicious code in it and Google detects it, that website can undoubtedly suffer from a drop in rankings.

Here's a great resource to scan a URL for viruses: https://www.virustotal.com/en/#url

I hope this helps!

Hi Scott,

It sure is an SEO topic! If a website has malicious code in it and Google detects it, that website can undoubtedly suffer from a drop in rankings.

Here's a great resource to scan a URL for viruses: https://www.virustotal.com/en/#url

I hope this helps!

Is it a Wordpress site? This plugin is one of the most widely used for Wordpress virus protection and cleanup.

Here are three others I've used in the past with good success. Sucuri in particular is solid.

• Sucuri
• AVG
• Online Link Scan