There are a lot of threats out there on the internet and the last thing you need is a search engine blocking searches to your site because
they have detected malware on your website.

There are many protections you can employ to guard your software installed on your website.

Using .htaccess files to limit access to the administration directories or critical files on your hosting plan can help immensely. Most
software this will not cause a problem and all you have to do is choose a good password. A good password looks like #$kj23sle#@ it does not
look good when it's applesaregood. A simple dictionary attack will be able to figure this out. It's best to choose a complex password with
upper and lower case letters numbers and symbols. Keep them in a notepad program, or use something like 1password to remember them.

Keeping your software up to date. This is a complex subject, the easiest method if your host has something like Fantastico or Softaculous
is to use it to update your scripts if they installed it. Make sure to backup the directory the script resides in first in case you need to
revert to a failed upgrade and make sure you have a Mysql dump beforehand as well. Your host can instruct you into how to do this.

Wordpress is great for updating things now. From within your administration pages they will tell you that there are updates for add ons
and wordpress itself. It's a simple 1 click process to upgrade everything.

Remember that many hosts require you to keep your websites up to date so remember to keep track of your scripts, all of them have security
mailing lists you can join to get notifications that there are problems.

Good Luck!

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