Taking a hacked school website from infected to secure and rebuilt

Education Website Security Website Redesign

The Brief

The City School was established in Karachi in 1978 and is one of the largest private school networks in the region, with more than 500 schools, over 150,000 students and a presence in Pakistan, the UAE, Malaysia, the Philippines, Oman and Saudi Arabia. Its website is where parents register, find a campus, pay fees and follow school news.

The City School website results and about sections in a browser window
The City School website sections laid out in an isometric grid

The Challenge

When The City School came to Softzee, its website had been compromised and Google was showing spam pages under the school's name.

A keyword hack had injected spam pages into the site, and Google was indexing them under the school's domain.

Malware was spread across the site files, putting visitors and the school's reputation at risk.

The website design was old and no longer reflected a school network of this size.

Parents needed key journeys, such as registration, campus search and fee payment, to work reliably.

The Solution

We treated it as a rescue first and a rebuild second: secure the site, clean up Google, then give the school a modern website and keep it healthy.

Malware cleanup

Found and removed the infected files and injected code across the site.

Keyword hack removal

Removed the spam pages and worked through Google to get them dropped from search results.

Security hardening

Closed the entry points that let the attack in and locked down the site against repeat infections.

Website redesign

A new design for the school, with clear routes to admissions, academics, news and campus information.

Parent journeys

Prominent paths to register online, find a campus and pay fees online, on desktop and mobile.

Long-term management

Ongoing updates, monitoring and content support so the site stays clean, current and fast.

The Impact

The City School's website is clean, secure and rebuilt, and Google shows the school's own pages again instead of spam. Softzee went on to manage the site for the long term, keeping it updated and protected.

500+
Schools in the network
150,000+
Students served
6
Countries
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