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Did you know you can backup your site in case of a hack, and have a chance of restoring it in case of an awful event? Backups of your site should be taken at least once a week, and all of your scripts should install security updates as soon as they are released. This will cut down on your chances of being destroyed by a madcap hacker.

A hacked website can effectively be hijacked like a car, and could be used for illegal activities – so some form of security system is a must.

A hacker could use your hosting account to add deep web pages like user information “phishing” sites. These sites usually consist of a page which looks like a login page for Paypal, Ebay or any bank. If someone fills in the form their details are sent to the hacker who now has access to their account! You get the blame and possibly a fraud investigation to sort things out while the hacker vacations in Jamaica.

If you have any user information stored on your server, you just handed that to the hacker too, and personal information is a high ticket item on the black market. Keep an eye on your site for any unexpected activity, new pages or stats that seem out of whack. Most accounts have some kind of statistics module built in to the control panel or you can use an easy program offered by one of the major search and software providers. Make sure any scripts you use are secure, and update them with any available patches to keep the hackers at bay.

Blog and Forum Spamming Can Kill You, Too

Forums and message boards are an easy target for software which will autopost to thousands of sites in minutes. If your blog is able to accept comments, set it up with a captcha or other way to ensure that the commenters are human – this can be as simple as asking them to type the answer to a simple question in a box and hit enter.

If you don’t ask for registration, however, you leave your blog open to excessive advertising done by software, which will not be relevant in many cases and ruin the tone of your blog, The same goes for forums – perhaps to even a bigger degree. Allowing guests to post without registration is open to abuse, especially if you allow urls in the sig line.

Don’t let hackers and spammer ruin your day, your week, month or even your year. Protect your website today!

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