Server Security

[joomlales]

Hi,

New Client ---- I am just making my way through WHM. I was wondering what tools are available to scan for viruses. I am trying to be a bit proactive and would prefer to have a plan in place that "looked" rather than "repaired" after the fact.

[lnxcode]

Originally Posted by joomlales

Hi,

New Client ---- I am just making my way through WHM. I was wondering what tools are available to scan for viruses. I am trying to be a bit proactive and would prefer to have a plan in place that "looked" rather than "repaired" after the fact.

Linux isn't Windows - Scans aren't needed

[joomlales]

Hi Denis,

I was a little unclear. What I am getting at is I'd like to know what tools are available for me to monitor if my site is getting hacked. How can I locate malicious code etc.... Virus is maybe the wrong term.

I am asking this as I only discovered I was hacked on another host after it was too late. I am trying to be proactive.

[lnxcode]

Originally Posted by joomlales

Hi Denis,

I was a little unclear. What I am getting at is I'd like to know what tools are available for me to monitor if my site is getting hacked. How can I locate malicious code etc.... Virus is maybe the wrong term.

I am asking this as I only discovered I was hacked on another host after it was too late. I am trying to be proactive.

Ah, now it makes sense. Well, to be honest... there isn't really a way you can monitor the site before it gets hacked, just stay up with the latest patches, and keep all updated, and you should be fine.

No real way to get ahead of them, since they can see the same source code you can at anytime, sorry to say.

[roger]

I learned the hard way... ALWAYS have a backup. That way, if the site gets hacked (defaced), you can delete it and restore from the last backup. Way quicker than rebuilding.

[Scott]

WAAAAY quicker to restore a backup. Use cron to backup your DBs weekly or daily depending on the type of content being posted to it and login via FTP and download weekly.

Then take your backups, and put them on your HDD and an external HDD.