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How to Clean a Hacked WordPress Website Your WordPress website has been hacked! Those are the words you never want to hear. Perhaps you found out when your web hosting company emailed you, a customer contacted you or when you visited your own site and saw signs of a hack. Even worse you only realised when you were investigating why...

Heart Bleed OpenSSL Bug

Heart Bleed OpenSSL Bug So just what is the Heart Bleed OpenSSL bug? To put it n layman’s terms many servers use OpenSSL cryptography library for encrypted TLS connections i.e. SSL connections. This allows users to safely transmit data between there PC’s and servers using an encrypted connection. It allows a layer of.....

Samsung Data Center Fire

Samsung Data Center Fire Well its not just been you. Users worldwide have been reporting that there Samsung devices from smart-phones to smart TV’s have being giving random errors! A small community news site called Wikitree reported that Samsung had a fire n there south Korea data centre that effected users worldwide...

Linux Server Malware Scanner and Server Security

Linux Server Malware Scanner and Server Security If you are running a server OR cloud VPS system then you know how important it is to protect your server. There are malicious ‘folk’ always trying to hack into your server. If they are successful then they most probably will add in malware and in more serious cases viruses. The good news is you....

Enable Leverage browser caching for your website

Enable Leverage browser caching for your website So you are optimising your website and have most probably used the Google Page Speed Tool and/or the Pingdom page speed tool. Upon checking your site to see how it’s performing you come across this: Leverage browser caching. The tools you check with, tell you to Enable Leverage browser caching...

WordPress Security and why you shouldnt use nulled plugins and themes

WordPress Security and why you shouldnt use nulled plugins and themes As a web hosting company we often have customers contacting our customer support concerned about the security of there website. The majority of the time its concerns about WordPress security. Being the most popular open source CMS on the market the amount of users is huge. Our web hosting...

3 Best WordPress Security Plugins for 2015

3 Best WordPress Security Plugins for 2015 Its very important that your WordPress based website is safe and secure. One of the simplest ways to achieve this is to make sure you run the latest version of WordPress. It addresses many WordPress security issues straight out of the box. Our web hosting customers can benefit from automatic...

The Linux File System Explored on VPS/Dedicated Servers

The Linux File System Explored on VPS/Dedicated Servers Typically when a VPS or dedicated server is provisioned Linux (and the linux file system) is used as the default operating (OS) system. Unless you opt for a windows based server linux will be the default. Linux is an exceptionally well-designed OS that allows you to manage your server...

How to Create a Free Website: Step by Step Beginners Guide (2019)

How to Create a Free Website: Step by Step Beginners Guide (2019) Beginners can create a free website using our step by step guide. Discover the best CMS platform to use to design a free professional looking website!

69 Fiverr Gig Ideas [2019 Update]

69 Fiverr Gig Ideas [2019 Update] We are going to explore Fiverr. It’s the perfect marketplace for you to earn a little extra and begin your side hustle whilst things get rolling on your big idea.

How to Clean a Hacked WordPress Website

How to Clean a Hacked WordPress Website Your WordPress website has been hacked! Those are the words you never want to hear. Perhaps you found out when your web hosting company emailed you, a customer contacted you or when you visited your own site and saw signs of a hack. Even worse you only realised when you were investigating why...