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type: Case Study
title: From an infected Joomla site to a clean static site and a 2,000-target outreach engine
description: A US commercial water-treatment company moved from a malware-infected Joomla site to an audited static site and gained an outbound pipeline of 2,000+ B2B targets across 8 states.
resource: https://techfocus.biz/#case-water-treatment-rescue
tags:
  - website-rescue
  - static-site
  - cold-outreach
  - water-treatment
  - astro
  - smartlead
timestamp: 2026-11-06T00:00:00Z
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  by: techfocusbiz-site/1.0
  at: 2026-11-06T00:00:00Z
status: stable
stale_after: 2027-11-06T00:00:00Z
order: 3
client: A US commercial water-treatment company
industry: Commercial water treatment
region: United States
problem: The company's website was a malware-infected Joomla site, and there was no outbound pipeline for new business.
built:
  - Migration from the infected Joomla site to an audited static site on Astro and Cloudflare
  - Serverless contact forms that send through Resend, with no Joomla install left to patch
  - Targeted B2B lead lists of 2,000+ targets across 8 states, built with Outscraper
  - A 7-step cold email campaign in Smartlead with sending-domain setup
stack:
  - Astro
  - Cloudflare
  - Smartlead
  - Outscraper
  - Resend
steps:
  - name: Discovery
    text: We audited the infected Joomla site and what the business needed from its web presence, then defined who the company sells to and in which states. The written scope covered both the rescue and the outreach engine.
  - name: Build
    text: The site moved to an audited static build on Astro and Cloudflare with serverless contact forms. Outscraper built lead lists of 2,000+ targets across 8 states, and a 7-step cold email campaign was set up in Smartlead with its sending domain.
  - name: Launch
    text: The clean site replaced the Joomla site, with nothing live before the client's sign-off. The campaign went out through Smartlead with its sending domain set up first.
results:
  - value: 2000
    display: 2,000+
    label: B2B targets
  - value: 8
    display: "8"
    label: US states covered
  - value: 7
    display: "7"
    label: steps in the email sequence
  - value: 1
    display: "1"
    label: clean, audited static site
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---

A US commercial water-treatment company replaced a malware-infected Joomla site with a clean, audited static site and gained an outbound engine of 2,000+ B2B targets across 8 states.

# Problem

The company's website was a Joomla site carrying malware, and there was no outbound pipeline behind it.

# What was built

The site moved to an audited static build on Astro, served by Cloudflare, with serverless contact forms that deliver through Resend. The Joomla install is gone, and the site was audited before it went live.

Outscraper built targeted B2B lead lists of 2,000+ targets across 8 states. A 7-step cold email campaign runs in Smartlead, with sending-domain setup done before the first send. Both halves came from one accountable person: the website rescue described under [high-performance websites](../services/websites.md) and the cold outreach infrastructure under [CRM and marketing automation](../services/crm-automation.md).

# Results

2,000+ targets across 8 states feed a 7-step sequence, and the company now runs on a clean, audited static site. Code ownership works as described in [the FAQ on code ownership](../faqs/code-ownership.md): the client's repository, with docs and runbooks included. The portfolio entry is [the water-treatment rescue](../portfolio/water-treatment-rescue.md).