Protect the Website fromMalware bot attack And Virus. Block IP addresses that make fraudulent attempts to register and attack the Website.
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From English, bot network. It is a set of devices connected to the Internet that run one or more bots to infect the website by stealing data, damaging the database or using the site to create parasitic pages. Bots very often act on the net to make their identification more difficult, since each device has its own IP address.
Websites are attacked by fraudulent bots, which use IP addresses (mainly American, Russian and Chinese) to try to infect your Website.
You have suffered a seizure if you notice any of the following oddities: pages in Chinese or Russian, pornographic content or content not related to your site that appears while browsing, excessive slowness. We suggest you carry out a thorough investigation to understand if your site or your server has been attacked by a bot.
Things that happen if your server has been corrupted: the site is very slow, the site is not reachable, the contents of the site have disappeared.
Site protection requires a dedicated plugin like iThemes PRO. If you already have the PRO version, there are no extra costs, but only any costs for the intervention of a programmer in the event of an attack on the site.
A bot is a software program that performs automated, repetitive and predefined tasks. Not all bots are dangerous, as they help human beings to carry out some tasks by reducing time and costs. On the Web, however, there are gods malicious bots which are programmed by hackers to attack server-side websites, damaging it.
Typically, Bots constantly attack websites for the purpose of get control of it and engage in fraudulent activities. For example, a Bot can attack a site to send spam emails, create illegal content related to topics such as pronography, drugs or others, steal website data in order to perform other malicious activities and/or modify files on the website.
Since malware bot attacks happen on a daily basis, choosing to protect your website using security programs it is a priority. Bot attacks can damage your website in a very serious way, significantly reducing its speed and making it unusable.
Protecting your website will you will avoid incurring extra costs due to bot attacks that have completely damaged the website, but more importantly it will avoid suffering reputational damage and in placement. In fact, when a site is attacked, the first obvious damages are the decrease in incoming traffic, since potential customers will not perceive your website as safe and a penalty by the Google Search Engine in terms of positioning in the SERP.
To make your website a safe environment and avoid being attacked by fraudulent bots, you can rely on a dedicated plugin like iThemes PRO. Having a plugin dedicated to security on your website will drastically limit the risk of attacks and above all allow you to receive notifications in case of suspicious activity, in order to carry out timely interventions.
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