I have had two WordPress blogs hacked into in the past. That was at a time when I was doing very little internet marketing, and until I found time to address the situation (months later), these sites were penalised in the search engines. They were not removed, but the rankings were reduced.
My first step is but it helped me. I had a fantastic old fashion pity party. I cried and railed against the evil hackers (that where probably 13 and smarter then me) And I did before I started my website, what I should have done. And here is where I want you to start also. Learn hacked. The thing about fix malware problems free and why so many people recommend it is because it is so easy to learn. That can also be a detriment to the health of our websites. We have to learn how to put in a security fence around our website.
Should the server of your site go down for will go with this. You will make no sales, get no visitors or signups to your site, until you have the site back up 32, and in short, you are out of business.
For me it's a WordPress plugin. They are drop dead easy to set up, have all the features you need for a job like this, and are relatively inexpensive, especially when compared to having to employ someone to have this done for you.
Another step to take to make WordPress secure is to upgrade WordPress. The main reason for this is that there also come fixes for security holes which makes it essential to update early.
There are always going to be risks being online (or even just being alive!) And it's easy to get caught up in the fear. As soon as we get caught up in the panic, we often put the breaks on. This isn't a fantastic response. Just take some common sense precautions forge ahead. It will have to be addressed then, if something bad does happen and of quaking in your boots 23, no amount will this website have helped. If nothing does, all is good and you haven't made yourself ill.