Here I will try to discuss almost all possible ways of securing your wordpress blog by two main approaches – Without using plugins here and by using plugins in Part 2.

Securing Wordpress without plugins

Listed below are methods to enhance security of your blog without use of any plugin:

1. Separate Blog and Wordpress Directory – You can separate the wordpress and blog directory in two ways. You can either input the separate urls Admin>>Settings>>General or use wp-config.php to define the two urls. Second approach can be used for troubleshooting purposes when you can’t access Admin Dasboard. In such case make sure that wordpress url is something encrypted. Such config is also useful when you upload default zip file from wordpress.org where wordpress is located in a subdirectory. Also make sure that this will work only if index.php from wordpress root install is copied to the blog url directory. And edit the pathname in the file accordingly in index.php. E.g. if your wordpress is in /home/public_html/domain/wordpress7472/ (http://domain.com/wordpress7472) and blog is at /home/public_html/domain/ (http://domain.com), then the index.php at /home/public_html/domain/ should look like the following:
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   1.<?php

   2.define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);

   3.require('wordpress2472/wp-blog-header.php');

   4.?>

   Comments removed from original index.php as they are not required. Pathname in index.php should be relative to the directory where it resides currently.

2. Change Default Username – This is the most basic of methods which will definitely help you from few type of attacks which are targetted primarily because wordpress provides default username at first install. To change the username, you need to perform a sql query or directly edit the entry if you are using phpmyadmin. Here is the sql command to change the username:
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   1.UPDATE 'wp_users' SET 'user_login' = 'NEWUSERNAME' WHERE 'wp_users'.'ID' =1 LIMIT 1 ;

   If you are not comfortable running a sql query or editing databases, create a new admin user and delete the old one.

3. Changing Database prefix – Wordpress uses the default prefix for its tables which is wp_ which can be easily targetted as anybody would know the table name directly without guessing. Changing this prefix helps a lot to prevent from random SQL attacks. If you are yet to install Wordpress, this prefix can be changed during the installing procedure where the installer asks for the prefix.Changing the prefix on a working blog takes a bit more work. Listed below are the steps required to change the wordpress table prefix:
   1. Open the file wp-config.php in your wordpress root directory and find the following line:
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      1.$table_prefix = 'wp_';

      and change it to

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      1.$table_prefix = 'newprefix_';

      Newprefix can contain any letter, number or underscore but it should not start with a number. You can use wp_webhost125_ or wpwebhost125_ as your newprefix too.

   2. Rename all tables in your SQL Database with the newname. You can use the following sql query to achieve this:
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      1.ALTER TABLE wp_users RENAME TO newprefix_users;

      You will have to repeat the same query for all tables.

   3. Changing the table names does not complete the job. There are still some option names using default table prefixes which need to be updated manually. Under the table newprefix_options, find the option named ‘wp_user_roles’ and rename the option name to ‘newprefix_user_roles’. There is no general sql query for doing this because option id of this option name can be different on different blogs.Under the table, newprefix_usermeta, options to be renamed are: ‘wp_capabilities’, ‘wp_user_level’ and ‘wp_autosave_draft_ids’. Last option name will exist only if you have saved some of the draft posts earlier.

   Now the new table prefix should start working as required.

4. Remove WP Version Information – Wordpress generally gives away the version number of your installation at 2 places – in the site’s header and the footer(if the theme displays it). If you are using a older version of Wordpress, you should remove it lest it gives hackers information that you are using outdated version which may have some security loopholes in it for them to exploit.Removing information from the footer is easy…just find the php code
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   1.<?php bloginfo('version'); ?>

   in your footer.php and delete it. For removing it from your header, it requires you to edit the theme’s functions.php file since it is displayed automatically in header by wp_head() function call from header.php file. Add this line to your theme’s function.php just before the last ?> :

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   1.remove_action( 'wp_head', 'wp_generator' );

   Above method of editing functions.php works only in Wordpress 2.5 and above. For wordpress versions below, it remove this code from theme’s header.php file:

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   1.<meta name="generator" content="WordPress <?php bloginfo('version'); ?>" /> <!-- leave this for stats -->

   This code may appear in your themes if you are using them in Wordpress 2.5 or above, as some theme authors may not have removed this.

5. Disable Remote Publishing if you do not use it – If you are not using any external tools to publish to your blog like Windows Live Writer then you should disable remote publishing. Go to Admin>>Settings>>Writing and uncheck both options mentioned under Remote Publishing: Atom Publishing Protocol and XML-RPC. For the complete disable of remote publishing, add the following lines in your theme’s function.php just before the last ?>:
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   1.remove_action('wp_head', 'wlwmanifest_link');

   2.remove_action('wp_head', 'rsd_link');

   First line removes the link which disables Posting from Windows Live Writer. BTW, adding the rsd_link line will disable pingbacks and trackbacks from working on your blog apart from disabling Remote Publishing. If you need them, don’t add the second line.

6. Hide your plugins and themes – You don’t want people to know about the themes and plugins used by you. To do that, just visit wp-content/plugins/ and wp-content/themes/ under your blog’s url and upload a empty index.html file into these directories.
7. wp-config.php hacks: Following is the list of hacks related to the file wp-config.php.
   Note: All codes which need to be inserted into wp-config.php should be before the line which says stop editing. This is very important for any hack to work properly
   1. Protect wp-config.php file – This file is very important as it contains the username and password of the database on which your blog is hosted. Add the following code in .htaccess file in your blog’s root directory:
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      1.<files wp-config.php>

      2.Order deny,allow

      3.deny from all

      4.</files>
   2. Update/Add Security Keys in wp-config.php – Since Wordpress 2.6, there are some security keys added to wp-config.php which enhances the security of your Wordpress installation as they help to encrypt the cookie information stored by your blog. If you don’t have them or want to change them, visit Wordpress.org Secret Key Service to generate random keys and paste the generated code in wp-config.php as it is just before the sentence which says stop editing or replace the existing keys.
   3. Move wp-config.php file – Wordpress 2.6+ allows you to move your file out of your wordpress install directory. If your blog is in root directory, best way is to move wp-config.php upto one level higher. For example if your blog is at http://www.domain.com (home/public_html/domain/) then wp-config.php can be kept at home/public_html/ without need of any configuration. This feature is supported by Wordpress 2.6+. And if you are using Wordpress 2.5 or lower or using wordpress a subdirectory, process of moving the file is different which is mentioned below:
      1. Open the current wp-config.php and copy the portion which contains Database information and authentication keys of wordpress. Now go to the directory where you want to shift the wp-config.php file, create a new file in that folder named something as config.php and paste the earlier copied information. Your wp-config.php should like something as:
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         01.<?php

         02.define('DB_NAME', 'blogname');

         03.define('DB_USER', 'username');

         04.define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password');

         05.define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

         06.define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');

         07.define('DB_COLLATE', '');

         08.define('AUTH_KEY', 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz');

         09.define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz');

         10.define('LOGGED_IN_KEY', 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz');

         11.define('NONCE_KEY', 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz');

         12.$table_prefix = 'newprefix_';

         13.?>

         I have removed the comments from the php file as they are not needed and inflating this tutorial unnecessarily too.

      2. Now instead of above code in wp-config.php, paste the following line in your wp-config.php and save the file.
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         1.include('/home/public_html/config.php');

      In effect instead of moving the complete file, you have moved the sensitive portion of wp-config.php which is now at unaccessible location.(home/public_html/ is always unaccessible – you can copy to any such location if this is not your webhosting’s case)

   4. Use SSL for Login/Admin – If you have purchased SSL Certificates for your domain, then you can enable SSL connection for your Wordpress login and admin channel by embedding the following code into your wp-config.php:
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      1.define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);

      For more information about SSL on Wordpress, read Wordpress Codex Article.

8. Htaccess file hacks: Following is the list of hacks performed to .htaccess file for securing Wordpress:
   1. Protect wp-admin directory – You can block all IPs from accessing wp-admin directory except your IP address. Add the following code to your .htaccess file:
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      01.AuthUserFile /dev/null

      02.AuthGroupFile /dev/null

      03.AuthName "Example Access Control"

      04.AuthType Basic

      05.<LIMIT GET>

      06.order deny,allow

      07.deny from all

      08.allow from xx.xx.xx.xx

      09.allow from xx.xx.xx.xx

      10.</LIMIT>

      where xx.xx.xx.xx is your IP address.

   2. Protect Public Browsing of All Directories – Dropping index.html file protects only plugins and themes directories and its not practical to drop index.html in every other directory. A better way is to insert the following code in .htaccess file:
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      1.Options All -Indexes
   3. Deny comment posting to no referrer requests – Most spammers are bots which post comments to your blog without even accessing or opening your blog and open the file wp-post-comments.php directly without sending any referrer information. The following code if inserted into .htaccess file blocks such bot spammers:
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      1.RewriteEngine On

      2.RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST

      3.RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .wp-comments-post\.php*

      4.RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !.*yourblog.com.* [OR]

      5.RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$

      6.RewriteRule (.*) ^http://%{REMOTE_ADDR}/$ [R=301,L]

      Replace yourblog.com with your blog’s domain.

   4. .htaccess authentication for Wordpress Admin – This method will add one more username/password authentication for your Wordpress Admin Dashboard. Steps to achieve this are listed below:
      1. Visit Dynamic Drive’s .htaccess Password Generator and fill out the username, password and a path which is inaccessible by anybody (e.g /home/public_html/ )
      2. Copy the code provided for .htaccess into your blog’s wp-admin .htaccess file(create if not created)
      3. Copy the code for .htpasswd file into .htpasswd file into the path provided above ( /home/public_html/.htpasswd )

      Now your Wordpress Admin Should be password protected twice!

      

9. Use Shell/SSH instead of FTP – SSH/Shell access is much more secure for transferring files than FTP. Use it if your webhosting allows it.
10. Block Wordpress folders from Search Engines – You should block your wordpress folders from being accessed by search engines by inserting the following line in your robots.txt file in your blog’s root directory:
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    1.Disallow: /wp-*
11. Suppress Error Message on Log-In Page – When your login to wp-login.php fails, Wordpress always tells you whether the username is wrong or password is. This may be useful for you but is also very useful to a person who is trying to brute attack into your blog. You can suppress this message by inserting the following code just before the last ?> in your theme’s functions.php file:
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    1.add_filter('login_errors',create_function('$a', "return null;"));
12. Change File Permission – Check your file and folder permissions. For wp-config.php, set the file permission as 644. For directories, set the permission as 755 and files as 644.
13. Choose a strong Password for Admin – Choose a password which should contain random alphabets, numbers and special characters which makes it tough to crack. You can use a Password generator tool for it too.
14. Make Daily Backups of your Database – You should keep a daily backup of your blog’s database. Use WP-DBManager Plugin to have the database emailed you daily.
15. Keep Your Blog, Plugins and Themes Updated – Always try to maintain updated versions of your blog, plugins and even the theme.

Choose a good design and layout
More often than not, the practicality and attractiveness of your club’s website rests on its design and layout.  Examine your current layout carefully — consider the arrangements of information, content, titles, ads, graphics, images, videos, links, etc.

Consider your choice of background color, styles and fonts.  Make sure that even if these elements differ from one another, they work as a cohesive whole.  Don’t use a loud color, a garish image or a funky font for the sake of using something different.  Remember that these are parts of a whole and must function to make a practical but still cool website.

Provide a cool interactive experience for visitors
Don’t be afraid to use technology – new apps, scripts and software are available to help make your website a place on the Web that people enjoy going to.  Use different elements such as content, graphics, audio and video but make sure you have a theme that will hold them together.  If the elements don’t make sense together, they will only clash for your visitors’ attention and this can make one unpleasant and uncool experience.

Make navigation easy
One of the most commonly overlooked functions of a club website is navigation.  To keep your club’s website cool but still practical, it helps to ensure that members find what they want when they need it.  Nothing is more frustrating that spending more time than is necessary just looking for information that for all intents and purposes should be easy to find.

Navigation is part of the design and layout of your club’s website.  Consider carefully how links are to be organized and which ones to delete.  Remove any dead links you may have.  Getting members to click on a deadend is uncool and annoying.  Make sure that if a link to information exists, it should be made available.

Listen to your members
Periodically, send out a survey asking your members to write any recommendations, comments or requests they may have.  Review these comments and suggestions because they will be useful in helping you improve and maintain your club’s website.  After all, it will be your members who will be using your website.  They, too, know exactly what makes it cool but still practical.

This is the question that is bothering many online business owners; how to transfer a domain name [Shifting] from one registrar company to another? I have also heard many people asking if they can shift their expired [Invalid] ones before they renew them. My answer is a big No.

So, here are the tips . The first thing to do before starting the shifting procedure is to apply for a transfer to the registrar company you intend to shift it to . This is to inform it to grant you permission of shifting it to them.

It is your obligation to give your new company contacts of your previous company. These contacts were supplied to you during registration. Your new company will use these contacts to contact the administrator of your previous domain company. Make sure to give the correct information regarding these contacts or else the shifting may not take place.

Note that companies will not permit shift of any invalid names. If it is already invalid, you need to renew it before you shift it. The shift of your name will not affect your website relevant email or either the DNS which stand for domain name system.

The company you intend to shift your name to, will have a form on their website labeled ‘transfer domain’ that you will need to select in order to action a successful shift.

Your new registrar will then contact your current registrar through email, informing it to transfer your name to them. If the administrator accepts the shift, then your name is successfully shifted to the new registrar company.

It will take some days for it to be completely shifted. The complete transfer period differs from one company to another. Some registrars will take few days and some will take a longer period. So, don’t panic if you don’t see immediate results.

If the administrator of your previous registrar company does not grant permission of transfer within the stipulated period, then know that the shift has been rejected.

Your registrar will deny you the transfer of your domain under the following reasons; order by court, if there are outstanding balances you have not cleared, express written objection of transfer by interested party, if it was engaged in any fraud manner and if it does not qualify any transfer requirements.

Domain Name Transfer Qualifications ;

You will be charged a fee for shifting it. The amount of fees charged is not uniform in all registrar companies. It differs from one company to another.

You may be lucky to transfer your name for free if only you accept a condition that your new registrar company demands from you.

When you have shifted your domain from your current company to a new company, the new registrar will be responsible for maintaining it. The new registrar will keep all your registration records and also be responsible in managing your renewals.

The Internet can be an impersonal place.  Unless your company or brand is well known, chances are users found your web site through a web search and may not know much, if anything at all, about your company, what you do, or what services and products you offer.   Therefore, your website needs to not only make a visual impression, but also immediately start telling your story, talking to users, and compelling them to take action.

However, the web is also a fast paced, often hectic environment where users want information quickly and do not want to have to wade through marketing fluff.  So, what is the best way to tell your story on the web, explain your products, services and what you do, and compel users to act before they click the “back” button or go somewhere else?

It is critical to write and formulate your web content in a way that takes advantage of the way people read and interact on the web.  People tend to read web pages differently than standard print media.  Rather than reading pages word for word, web users tend to scan pages for relevant content.  When writing, be sure to make your pages short, succinct and to the point and, most importantly, make them easily scan-able.

10 Quick Tips for Writing Web Content:

1. Include relevant and compelling headings and titles.
   Use headings that immediately show the user what the page is about and why it is important.  Include keywords in headings, if possible.
2. Get to the point quickly!
   Start with the most important information and then explain further.
3. Include a “Call to Action” at the top of each page.
   Motivate your web users to act immediately by including a call to action at the top of the page.  A call to action is a simple way to tell users what they need to do to receive whatever it is that you are offering (”buy now”, “sign up for our mailing list”  “purchase today and get 20% off!”, “get a free quote” “free 30 day trial”, etc.).   Don’t assume that your web user will read the entire page – place your call to action at or near the top of the page.
4. Use Bold typeface to emphasize and draw attention to important keywords and short phrases.
   Using boldfaced keywords helps them to stand out to users as they scan the page.  Be sure to select words or phrases to highlight that contain relevant and important information.
5. Use Bulleted lists.
   Bulleted and numbered lists quickly draw attention and are easy to read.
6. Keep to a smaller word count per page (50% less is usually advised) and keep scrolling to a minimum.
   Just looking at a long, text heavy web page can overwhelm web users. Keeping your pages short avoids scrolling, makes a web page appear more inviting, and makes it more likely to be read.
7. Use simple sentences and short paragraphs.
   Limit each paragraph to a single idea and keep your sentences short and succinct.  Avoid fluff.
8. Make the content on each page independent of other pages.
   Remember that your website is not linear and users can enter your site on any given page.  The content on each page should be able to stand alone and you should never assume that a user has come to it from a previous page.
9. Be credible.
   Write in an objective style.  Include testimonials, reviews and articles about your company, products or services, and link to other websites that support your information and/or claims.
10. Include relevant keywords throughout the text to help with search engine placement.

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The world as a whole, and each one of us individually, are being affected by the current global financial turmoil at some level. Hundreds of thousands of people are losing jobs everyday across the globe. Those who are still employed are keeping their fingers crossed and waiting for their turn.

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Several decades back, the internet, in its infancy, did not provide websites the capability for online shopping by customers. As such, at that time, the products would be displayed on the site though the customer would need to purchase it from a conventional store. Contrast this to the present where websites offer sophisticated web application solutions that are not only customer friendly but are also innovative, effective and efficient. In fact, this has now become a norm. Customer friendly, web application technologies have become a minimum expectation for eCommerce websites to ensure profitability and success. Therefore, in the current scenario, websites that are not in sync with latest trends usually get ignored by customers.

The sophisticated tools deployed by websites are made possible through web application development. Website application development is essentially software.

and coding that enables websites to function smoothly and connect well with customers. These website application development solutions span electronic shopping, payment portals, shopping carts, web calendars, CRM tools, content management systems and communication modules, to name a few. The range of web application development solutions varies depending upon the functionality of the website. For example, a shopping cart does not make sense to a technical support website but communication modules such as eMail, chat, phone, remote support and videocon are crucial to the success of the website. Similarly, an eCommerce website totally depends upon payment portals, electronic shopping and shopping carts for it to provide customers a seamless and hassle-free experience.

The main aim of application development for the web is to make it easy for the customer to connect with the website. It also assists in providing customers a quick and effective way of conducting their business virtually from their desk without needing to step out of their residences or offices. Obviously, it translates the world into a small global village. The right level of focus on application development will also ensure that customers transact in a secure manner without apprehensions on the safety and security of the website or online mechanisms. Importantly, it brings down the overheads of operations drastically. An example is an online shopping website or eCommerce portal.

Don’t forget the time that the customer can save through online channels when compared to the conventional mechanisms. From the perspective of sellers, there is a huge amount of saving on display cases and ‘brick and mortar’ shops. Moreover, they have the huge opportunity to take their merchandise to the entire world through the online mode instead of being confined to a range bound location as is the case with conventional channels. Just imagine being located in America and transacting with customers in Russia using web application tools like payment portals, shopping carts and electronic shopping! This is not possible without the intervention of web application development solutions.

Clearly, web application development has come of age from yesteryears and now, is poised to lead the online brigade further connecting various types of customers together in ways that are not completely envisaged! ]]> http://open-axcss.com/eng/the-magic-of-website-design-applications/feed/ 0 http://open-axcss.com/eng/internet-2009-in-numbers/ http://open-axcss.com/eng/internet-2009-in-numbers/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:21:12 +0000 webmaster http://open-axcss.com/eng/?p=373

What happened with the Internet in 2009?

How many websites were added? How many emails were sent? How many Internet users were there? This post will answer all of those questions and many more. Prepare for information overload, but in a good way.

We have used a wide variety of sources from around the Web. A full list of source references is available at the bottom of the post for those interested. We here at Pingdom also did some additional calculations to get even more numbers to show you.

Enjoy!

Email

• 90 trillion – The number of emails sent on the Internet in 2009.
• 247 billion – Average number of email messages per day.
• 1.4 billion – The number of email users worldwide.
• 100 million – New email users since the year before.
• 81% – The percentage of emails that were spam.
• 92% – Peak spam levels late in the year.
• 24% – Increase in spam since last year.
• 200 billion – The number of spam emails per day (assuming 81% are spam).

Websites

• 234 million – The number of websites as of December 2009.
• 47 million – Added websites in 2009.

Web servers

• 13.9% – The growth of Apache websites in 2009.
• -22.1% – The growth of IIS websites in 2009.
• 35.0% – The growth of Google GFE websites in 2009.
• 384.4% – The growth of Nginx websites in 2009.
• -72.4% – The growth of Lighttpd websites in 2009.

Domain names

• 81.8 million – .COM domain names at the end of 2009.
• 12.3 million – .NET domain names at the end of 2009.
• 7.8 million – .ORG domain names at the end of 2009.
• 76.3 million – The number of country code top-level domains (e.g. .CN, .UK, .DE, etc.).
• 187 million – The number of domain names across all top-level domains (October 2009).
• 8% – The increase in domain names since the year before.

Internet users

• 1.73 billion – Internet users worldwide (September 2009).
• 18% – Increase in Internet users since the previous year.
• 738,257,230 – Internet users in Asia.
• 418,029,796 – Internet users in Europe.
• 252,908,000 – Internet users in North America.
• 179,031,479 – Internet users in Latin America / Caribbean.
• 67,371,700 – Internet users in Africa.
• 57,425,046 – Internet users in the Middle East.
• 20,970,490 – Internet users in Oceania / Australia.

Social media

• 126 million – The number of blogs on the Internet (as tracked by BlogPulse).
• 84% – Percent of social network sites with more women than men.
• 27.3 million – Number of tweets on Twitter per day (November, 2009)
• 57% – Percentage of Twitter’s user base located in the United States.
• 4.25 million – People following @aplusk (Ashton Kutcher, Twitter’s most followed user).
• 350 million – People on Facebook.
• 50% – Percentage of Facebook users that log in every day.
• 500,000 – The number of active Facebook applications.

Images

• 4 billion – Photos hosted by Flickr (October 2009).
• 2.5 billion – Photos uploaded each month to Facebook.
• 30 billion – At the current rate, the number of photos uploaded to Facebook per year.

Videos

• 1 billion – The total number of videos YouTube serves in one day.
• 12.2 billion – Videos viewed per month on YouTube in the US (November 2009).
• 924 million – Videos viewed per month on Hulu in the US (November 2009).
• 182 – The number of online videos the average Internet user watches in a month (USA).
• 82% – Percentage of Internet users that view videos online (USA).
• 39.4% – YouTube online video market share (USA).
• 81.9% – Percentage of embedded videos on blogs that are YouTube videos.

Web browsers

Malicious software

• 148,000 – New zombie computers created per day (used in botnets for sending spam, etc.)
• 2.6 million – Amount of malicious code threats at the start of 2009 (viruses, trojans, etc.)
• 921,143 – The number of new malicious code signatures added by Symantec in Q4 2009.

Data sources: Website and web server stats from Netcraft. Domain name stats from Verisign and Webhosting.info. Internet user stats from Internet World Stats. Web browser stats from Net Applications. Email stats from Radicati Group. Spam stats from McAfee. Malware stats from Symantec (and here) and McAfee. Online video stats from Comscore, Sysomos and YouTube. Photo stats from Flickr and Facebook. Social media stats from BlogPulse, Pingdom (here and here), Twittercounter, Facebook and GigaOm.

Every feature of a dedicated server should be understood before it has been bought. Setup of Load-balancing servers were brought in soon after the requirements itself demanded much more than what a dedicated server

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Today, it’s trustworthiness and individuality is well known and still remains unmatched to any other hosting package. Bodhost.UK has been providing quality dedicated servers, cheap dedicated servers and Virtual private servers

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