Vigilance will save not only your site, but also your money

If you have a website, whether it was created a long time ago or recently, then the following information will probably interest you. Most website owners do not pay due attention to protecting their website from viruses and hacker attacks.

Why is this happening? Because everyone naively believes that this will not happen to them. But unfortunately, they only think about protecting their website when their website is hacked.

Website hacking

A site can be hacked by gaining access to FTP, database, or site administration panel. There are many spyware programs that collect data and send it to attackers. Therefore, when using a connection on your computer, you must be sure that your computer is not infected with a similar virus, that is, there is no such program. Please note that such programs can usually be distributed under the guise of free codecs, cracks, or programs. An updated antivirus with up-to-date antivirus databases should help you avoid installing spyware on your PC.

Cure the site from the virus, remove malicious code

And yet, what to do if your site has been hacked or infected with a virus? There is an obvious hack – this is when the site is not operational, and you understand that it has been hacked. In this situation, you need to restore the site from a backup yourself or with the help of a specialist. Of course, you need to urgently adopt all protection methods. For example, restrict access and change passwords to FTP, database, site administration panel.

Often, a javascript or ifarame code is introduced into the site, which pulls data from another site. In this way, your site can be used to generate traffic to other resources. Most often, this is advertising, the presence of links to other resources. There are 2 points here – you could notice the problem immediately, or you could in six months. If immediately – then the option will suit you, as in the case of a complete hack of the site, restore from a backup and take measures for protection. If the time is unknown, then the problem must be solved in the version of the site that we have. Here, of course, it is better to contact a specialist, a professional. After all, changing the code or rows of tables in the database yourself can even damage the site. Then you will have to pay more for restoring the site (correcting your mistake) + removing the virus. After that, you must definitely not forget to take all security measures on the site.

Prevention – site protection

Also, if your site is working well, change your passwords at least once a year for prevention. Check if FTP access is restricted, because you could have done something and left it open for access from all addresses, which makes the site vulnerable.
Do not visit the site admin if your operating system or browser has a virus. This will be clear from incomprehensible pop-ups, downloads, attempts to install programs, etc.

The best solution is help from professionals. Our specialists have repeatedly encountered the problem of hacking sites and are ready to help you restore the site, return it to normal operation.
Search for malicious code, sql injections, java scripts, php scripts, etc., remove malicious code without harming the site. Setting up backups and taking all measures to protect the site from hacking. We work with various site management systems and templates.
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