“How can I remove 3,000+ infected files from my websites?”
…Has been the focal point of my thinking over the past two days.
The options that I keep rotating between are:
- Option 1: Hire a web developer.
- Option 2: $199 to clean each website then $249 to protect each for the next year.
- Option 3: Learn how to remove malware myself.
…None of the options looked good. And the longer my websites were down, the greater the penalty would end up being.
Until it occurred to me… reinstall the backup.
Rather than try to remove each and every line of infected code… or hiring someone else to do it… I could simply reinstall a backup version of my website from a week or two ago with the hopes of it being a pre-malware infected version.
…And let the overlay of the fresh code wipe out the malware altogether.
Which isn’t only a solid strategy for malware infected websites… but, for malware infected minds, too.
Hear me out…
What if, instead of focusing the majority of your thinking on the 3,000+ problems in your life (mind)… what if you simply found a way to revert yourself to a point in time when those problems didn’t exist?
What if you focused all of your time/energy/attention on doing what you used to do when you were feeling your happiest? On reconnecting with the people who made you feel your best? On engaging back into the communities where you felt your most seen and heard?
What if… instead of obsessing on the problem… you tried obsessing on possible solutions and doing more of what you remember giving you solutions in the past?