{"id":1529,"date":"2019-02-08T10:35:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583319-how-to-remove-the-phishing-or-deceptive-message-from-your-website\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:03:00","slug":"1583319-how-to-remove-the-phishing-or-deceptive-message-from-your-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583319-how-to-remove-the-phishing-or-deceptive-message-from-your-website\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove the Phishing or Deceptive Message From Your Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">If you see a <b>warning<\/b> on your website when using Google Chrome that indicates &ldquo;<b>The site ahead contains harmful programs<\/b>&rdquo; or &ldquo;<b>Deceptive site ahead<\/b>&ldquo;:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/4700e8b4-31f4-4be1-b432-2757f4ac6a44.jpg\" alt=\"Browser warning for deceptive site ahead on a red alert screen\" data-media-id=\"5360\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">It means that <b><a href=\"https:\/\/safebrowsing.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Safe Browsing<\/a><\/b> has reviewed your website and <b>found potentially malicious content <\/b>on it. In order to protect you and your visitors, they show this warning message instead of your website.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">The first thing to do if you see this message on your website is to try and <b>find the exact cause<\/b>. This will avoid any issues with your hosting account and your visitor&rsquo;s safety.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">At Hostinger, you can count on the automatic <b><a href=\"\/support\/6197555-what-is-malware-scanner\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Malware Scanner<\/a><\/b> to help identify and remove malicious files on your account, so you will not need to worry about malware infections.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">In case the <b>Malware Scanner <\/b>did not find any malicious files, or if you want to <b>manually review <\/b>your website, you can find here a few guides that can help you:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"\/support\/1583390-what-to-do-if-your-account-or-site-has-been-hacked\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">What to Do if Your Account or Site Has Been Hacked<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"\/support\/1583339-how-to-fix-a-wordpress-site-with-malware\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">How to Fix a WordPress Site With Malware<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">Once you&rsquo;ve ensured that your website is safe for visitors, <b>request the warning to be removed <\/b>by following Google&rsquo;s official guide: <b><a href=\"https:\/\/safebrowsing.google.com\/safebrowsing\/report_error\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Report Incorrect Phishing Warning to Google.com<\/a><\/b><\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Google will <b>review your request<\/b> and remove the warning once it&rsquo;s confirmed that you&rsquo;ve removed the malicious content.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Additional Resources<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/tutorials\/wordpress-malware-removal\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">WordPress Malware Removal Guide<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/tutorials\/how-to-secure-wordpress\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Keeping your WordPress website safe<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Removing suspected malware\/phishing warning from your website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-website-security"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583319-how-to-remove-the-phishing-or-deceptive-message-from-your-website\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583319-como-eliminar-el-mensaje-de-phishing-o-sitio-enganoso-de-tu-sitio-web-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583319-comment-supprimer-le-message-d-hameconnage-ou-deceptif-de-mon-site-web-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583319-cara-menghilangkan-pesan-phishing-atau-penipuan-dari-website-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583319-como-remover-a-mensagem-de-aviso-de-suspeita-de-malware-phishing-do-seu-site-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583319----\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5364,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529\/revisions\/5364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}