Get Website Security help

With Website Security, if there’s ever a security concern with your site or you're having problems with backups, we’re here to help.

For detailed malware removal instructions, see Remove malware from my site. For other issues, follow these steps to open a ticket.

Go to your GoDaddy product page.
Under Website Security and Backups, select Manage next to the account you need help with.
Select Cleanup near the top of the page.
Select Product Support, and then select New ticket.
From the Regarding menu, select your issue.
- Malware or Blacklist Removal Request – Anything involving malware, or your site being blacklisted
- Website Firewall - Firewall activation or SSL issues, or problems with accessing your site
- Website Backup – Help with setting up or troubleshooting backups
- Monitoring – Help with setting up or troubleshooting the monitoring plugin
When you select an option, the page will refresh and show fields that are specific to the issue or product you selected.
Enter as much information as possible into the fields. Include what you're doing when you see the issue, including URLs and exact error messages. The more information you provide, the faster our team can resolve the issue.

For Backups and Malware Removal, include your FTP information including FTP host, port, username, and password.
- cPanel customers: Find my FTP username for Linux Hosting
- Plesk customers: Find my FTP username in Windows Hosting
- Managed WordPress/ Professional Web Services (PWS) customers: use SFTP instead. See Upload files with SFTP and use steps 1-5 to find your SFTP information.
When you are done, select Submit Request.

Go to your GoDaddy product page.
Under Website Security and Backups, select Manage next to the account you want to use.
Under Firewall, select Details.
At the top of the page, next to your username, select Help.
Select Malware Removal Requests or Product Support, and then select the ticket you want to review.

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