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.
Cloning your website is another level in fix wordpress malware virus that may be very useful. Cloning simply means that you've backed up your site to a totally different location, (offline, as in a folder, in order to not have SEO issues ) where you can get it at a moment's notice if necessary.
You can search for software that will backup your database and files. If your site is abruptly hacked by hackers, you can restore your site by means of your backup files and change everything that has to be changed.
This is very useful plugin, protecting you against brute-force password-crack attacks. It keeps track of the IP address of every login attempt. You can configure the plugin to disable login attempts for a range of IP addresses when a certain number of attempts is reached.
Install the WordPress Firewall Plugin. This plugin investigates web requests to identify and prevent attacks that are most obvious.
You don't always consider needing security when your site is new but you do need to protect your investment and yourself. Having a site go down and not having the ability to restore it may mean a loss of customers who won't remember to look for your website later and can't find you. Do not let this happen to you. recommended you read Back up your site as soon as you get it started, and schedule backups for as long as the website is operational. This go way, you will have peace and WordPress security of mind.