In this article I’ll be sharing my thoughts and recommendations regarding the MalCare WordPress security product. I’ll offer a basic comparison to Sucuri, which has been my go to for the past 5 years. What is MalCare? MalCare is a WordPress security service. I guess you could call it a plugin, but really the only thing …
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Do you have website downtime? Do you know when your website is down and unavailable to your customers and potential customers? Did you answer No, or I don’t know? You probably do, but your not likely sitting at your computer staring at your website and clicking refresh every minute to make sure your website is …
Just yesterday I received five phone calls from five different people who had been notified by their hosting provider or customers that their websites had malware. Some complained that their hosting provider was hacked and now they’re left holding the bag and have to spend the money to fix it. Others had no idea that …
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In the last seven days I’ve helped a total of ten clients get their hacked WordPress site back online after hackers made a mess with malware and other redirects. In some cases it’s a simple process … Just run Sucuri’s Website Malware Removal tool through the site and it will clean it up. However, in other cases …
If you’re keeping up with the latest WordPress news, you’ve heard about this “attacker” issue. These attackers are trying to exploit the default username ‘admin’ to gain access to your website. First they verify that your site has the username ‘admin’, second they start trying a number of passwords to access the account. Read more about the known …
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