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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
We certainly hope you never have to use our new Help for hacked sites informational series. It's a
dozen articles and over an hour of videos dedicated to helping webmasters in the unfortunate event
that their site is compromised.
While we attempt to outline the necessary steps in recovery, each task remains fairly difficult
for site owners unless they have advanced knowledge of system administrator commands and
experience with source code. For helping fellow webmasters through the difficult recovery time,
we'd like to thank the
steady members in Webmaster Forum.
Specifically, in the subforum
Malware and hacked sites,
we'd be remiss not to mention the amazing contributions of
Redleg and
Denis Sinegubko.
How to avoid ever needing help for hacked sites
Just as you focus on making a site that's good for users and search-engine friendly, keeping your
site secure—for you and your visitors—is also paramount. When site owners fail to keep
their site secure, hackers may exploit the vulnerability. If a hacker exploits a vulnerability,
then you might need Help for hacked sites. So, to potentially avoid this scenario:
Be vigilant about keeping software updated
Understand the security practices of all applications, plugins, third-party software, and so on,
before you install them on your server. A security vulnerability in one software application can
affect the safety of your entire site
Remove unnecessary or unused software
Enforce creation of strong passwords
Keep all devices used to log in to your servers secure (updated operating system and browser)
Make regular, automated backups of your site
Help for hacked sites can be found at
Web Fundamentals. We look forward
to not seeing you there!
Written by
Maile Ohye,
Developer Programs Tech Lead
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