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Protecting your website from hackers is crucial – not only for the security of your business, but also for the security of your customer’s personal information.
Hackers know how to break into a website, so to speak, and literally take control of it, and you have to know how to protect yourself, and your customers, from such actions.
Aside from really messing up your site, the most dangerous thing is that hackers can implement viruses that your customers are infected by when they visit your site, and they can take control of your email to send out viruses and spam. Both of these actions can make you liable, if you aren’t careful.
Start by removing any unnecessary files from your server. Even if the files are not viewable on your website, search engines can still find them and index them. That leaves these unused files open to exploitation. Make sure that you are not removing any needed files, and make backups of those files before you delete them.
Keep your other files up to date. This is especially important for script or program files. Just like operating systems, the creators of these programs and scripts often update them to work out bugs and close security holes. Failing to keep your copy up to date is an invitation to be hacked.
Use a robots.txt file on your server. This file can be used to tell search engines not to index certain files, and also not to index images. Images can be searched for, specifically, and this makes it easy for someone else to steal your images.
If you have databases, scripts, or any other sensitive file, it can and should be password protected. Make sure that you are using passwords that are not easy to crack. Files such as these are the ones that hackers really like, so make sure that yours are protected with a strong password.
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