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Scan your website for malware for free. The ScanTitan website malware scan checks your pages and scripts for viruses, webshells, backdoors, hidden iframes and malicious JavaScript, and helps you prevent traffic loss, blacklisting and malicious redirects. Every result says what was checked and what was not.
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Reviewed by Obaida Al-Sulaiman, Information Security Manager. OSCP, CISSP, 12 years in web application security.
ScanTitan provides malware scanning in Free, Professional, Business and Consultant plans. Get your website scanned to identify malicious content and prevent website traffic loss. Learn how behavioral malware detection finds redirects that only some visitors see.
Malicious content planted on your website, including webshells that give attackers remote control.
Hidden access that survives a basic cleanup and lets the attacker return.
Frames that load another site inside your pages without the visitor noticing.
Injected and obfuscated scripts that redirect, steal data or load more malware.
Forced redirects, including ones that only some visitors see.
Catching malware early helps prevent website blacklisting and domain blacklisting.
The scan identifies your content management system, so it runs checks fitted to where each CMS is usually attacked.
Pages, scripts and HTTP responses are inspected for malicious code and known compromise patterns.
<script src="/wp-content/themes/shop/app.js"><script>eval(atob("aHR0cHM6Ly9..."))</script><iframe src="https://unrelated.example.test" hidden><script src="https://cdn.example.test/analytics.js">The scan flags indicators of webshells and backdoors and records where they were found, so a cleanup knows what to remove.
The scanner checks your site against known malware signatures, behavioral patterns and blocklist databases, so you learn about a listing before visitors see a warning.
In supported scan modes the landing page is observed in an isolated browser under five visitor scenarios.
Each finding says what was observed and where. Areas that could not be checked are listed as unchecked, never shown as clean.
Most owners find out from a visitor, not from their dashboard. Tick the signs you have noticed.
Malware rarely appears by itself. Almost every infection starts with one of these entry points, and a cleanup that does not close the entry point leaves the site open to the same attack. Read how a website gets hacked.
Most of the code on a CMS site is third-party. A component with a known vulnerability that is not updated gives an attacker a way in without a password. A vulnerability scan finds these.
Pirated copies of paid plugins and themes are a common way to ship a backdoor on day one.
Reused administrator passwords, leaked logins and brute-force attempts let attackers upload code through the normal admin screens.
If another site on the same account is infected, or the control panel or FTP login is stolen, an attacker can write files without touching your CMS.
Old CMS versions miss security fixes that attackers already know about.
A backdoor that survives a cleanup lets the attacker return.
Sign up for free (no credit card), choose a plan, and add the website you want to secure. Or start with the free 45-second quick check.
Start with critical and high findings. Findings are indicators to investigate, not a confirmed infection count.
Copy the site files and the database first, so you can restore if a fix goes wrong.
Trace the route: a vulnerable plugin, stolen credentials or a hacked hosting account. A vulnerability scan finds the weakness.
Remove the malicious code, then update, remove or replace the vulnerable component and reset credentials.
A clean result on the same site is the evidence the finding is gone. A repeat finding means something still writes it back.
A scan that reads one copy of a page sees only what the server chose to send that one time. Compromised sites often show a clean page to the owner and to crawlers, and attack other visitors. Pick a scenario.
Illustrative example, not a real scan. Read how behavioral malware detection works and where its limits are.
It means the checks that ran found no suspicious indicators. It is not a guarantee, because no remote scanner detects all malware.
A finding means something looks suspicious and is worth investigating. It is not a confirmed infection count. Check each one before you delete anything.
Every report lists the areas the scan could not check. Unchecked is not clean. It is the part of the site the result says nothing about.
Gives the attacker a way back in, even after passwords change.
Adds pharma and Japanese keyword spam to rank for the attacker's terms.
Sends visitors, often only some of them, to another site.
Loads attacker code, shows ads or steals data.
Loads another site inside your page without the visitor noticing.
Prompts visitors to download a file.
Fake login or payment page in a subfolder.
Each type has its own guide: pharma hack, Japanese keyword hack, SEO spam hack and obfuscated PHP malware.
Smart crawling avoids exhausting your website resources or impacting its performance.
Sign up and get free scanning and monitoring. When malware is detected, an alert is sent to you. Free, Professional and Business websites include weekly malware monitoring.
Scan after any change you did not make, after plugin or theme updates, after moving hosts or restoring a backup, after a cleanup, and on a schedule. A single clean scan is a snapshot, not a guarantee.
CMS core, every plugin and every theme. Most infections come in through an outdated component.
Delete inactive plugins and themes, and never keep nulled copies.
An attacker who stole a password does not need the backdoor at all.
Add two-factor login and keep the number of administrator accounts small.
Keep backups outside the server and test a restore. A restored backup can bring an old infection back, so scan after restoring.
Weekly malware monitoring is included on Free, Professional and Business, and repeat scans are on Professional and Business. Add a web application firewall if you need real-time blocking.
Searches for "virus scan" and "link checker" often lead to the wrong kind of tool. A website malware scan inspects the website you run.
| Tool | What it checks | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Website malware scan (ScanTitan) | Your website's pages, scripts and behavior | Whether your site contains or serves malware, and where |
| Antivirus on your computer | Files on your own device | Whether your computer is infected. It does not scan your web server |
| URL or link checker | Whether a link is on known bad lists | Whether a URL is known to be dangerous. It does not inspect your site's code |
| File scanner | One file you upload | Whether that file matches known malware. It does not crawl your website |
Facts come from each vendor's public pages, checked on 5 November 2026. Choose who to compare.
| ScanTitan | Sucuri SiteCheck | CleanTalk | Malcure WebScan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How it scans | External, hosted. No plugin | Remote scanner | Online scanner, no installation | Online scanner |
| Checks | Malware, hidden iframes, scripts, blocklists, visitor scenarios | Malware, viruses, blacklist status, SEO spam, out-of-date software and plugins | Malware, public lists and Google Safe Browsing, SSL, exposed repositories, CMS, known vulnerabilities, scripts and iframes | Malware, with a page on what it can and cannot check |
| Result | Findings with severity and a list of unchecked areas | Findings | Security score and a report per check | Clean, suspicious or infected |
| Free option | Quick check and free account | Free SiteCheck | Free scanner, paid monitoring | Free scanner |
| Cleanup | None. You or your host clean the site, and ScanTitan rescans to confirm | Malware removal service | WordPress malware removal and site cleanup | Removal plugin |
Free scanners detect infections and do not remediate them. Compare plans and prices.
Yes. The Malware Quick Check is free and needs no account, and a free ScanTitan account includes one website security scan and weekly malware monitoring.
Enter the address in the free quick check, or create a free account and add the website as a target. The scan checks pages and scripts, identifies the CMS and reports findings and unchecked areas.
Yes. A website malware scan looks for malware, webshells, backdoors, hidden iframes and malicious JavaScript on the website. An antivirus on your computer checks your device, not your web server.
Viruses, webshells, backdoors, hidden iframes, malicious JavaScript and malicious redirects, and it identifies WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and other systems to run fitted checks.
No. The external scan reads your public pages and does not install anything on your server.
ScanTitan is built to be lightweight. Smart crawling aims to check the whole site without exhausting your website resources.
A link checker tells you whether a URL is on known bad lists. A website malware scan inspects the pages and scripts of the site you run, and can compare how it behaves for different visitors.
No. It means the checks that ran found nothing. No remote scanner detects all malware, and areas that could not be checked are reported as unchecked.
Scan again after the next change, run the behavioral scan modes that compare visitor scenarios, and consider a file-level review. Some malware shows only to certain visitors or sits in files that never reach the public site.
Yes. When malware is detected during monitoring, an alert is sent to you.
Only websites you own or have permission to check.
Back up the site, find how the attacker got in, clean the infection and close the entry point, then scan again. See the step-by-step guide above.
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