Your web site, just like your computer, needs to be monitored for security breaches from time to time. Many web sites out there are infected with trojans, iframe injections or viruses everyday. If you have found your web site has already been taken over by one of these issues, time to go through this check list of security issues and fixes. The first place you should check for problems is within. Make sure you do a full security check on yourself, before checking for security holes anywhere else.
How to Scan Your Personal Computers
You might think that time is of the essence, however it will do you no good if you rush to fix your web site, if you are the one infecting it. You need to run a combination of a anti-malware and anti-virus on your computer to make sure you are not the source of your problem. I would recommend scanning your PC like this:
- Scan Your PC with an Anti-Malware Program
- Scan Your PC with an Anti-Virus Program
- Scan Your PC with an Online Anti-Virus Program
Today we are going to talk about how to prevent your web site from being hacked, and how to repair your damaged web site. If your web site’s security has been breached or if you want to know what to do to make sure it doesn’t get broken into, this is the podcast you need to be listening to. Here to help webmasters of all skill levels, the Web Hosting Show is on the air.
Just stepping in for a quick podcast update. I’ve been sick the past few weeks, hence no show production. Last two weekends I’ve had fever, so been trying to take it easy. Hopefully though, this weekend I’ll be back at 100% so I can get some recording done and some podcasts out to all of you. Once again, I apologize for the delays – however stay tuned, more podcasts will be coming sooner than you can say, “one man production team”.
When it comes to SEO (search engine optimization) many people expect you to do several multi-step dances to get one thing tweaked that might just effect your search engine rankings by .001 percent. So, for those of you who don’t want to mess about I have put together five SEO tips that anybody can do on their web site, to help your rankings in the search engines out there.
In this week’s disaster inspired episode of the Web Hosting Show, we’ll take a look at how and why the H1N1 virus might take out the entire web hosting world as we know it, and five search engine optimization tips anybody can do, in the mean time. Before Armageddon comes, you need to listen to this very scary cold and flu edition of the Web Hosting Show podcast.
So you want to start working as an independent contractor to a web hosting company, or you just started your first job. Before you switch to working remotely as independent contractor for a web host, here are a few things you should remember:
Will H1N1 Take Out Web Hosting Workers?
Could H1N1 (the Swine Flu) take down the Internet? Now, as we all get ready to get out shots, wash our hands and cough into our elbows, once has to wonder if an increase of sick people staying at home and browsing the Internet could possibly threaten the stability of the system?
According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, absenteeism during a pandemic could peak at 50% during a six week period. That would cause an unsteady rise in Internet usage for watching movies, playing games and doing other bandwidth heavy activities that are usually saved for the later hours in the day.
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