Fix my Website

Websites could get damaged for a whole lot of reasons. They could get infected with malware, code changes, user error, server configuration modifications, etc. Very often website owners tend to overlook that websites will get hacked if they are not properly maintained and secured. You should be aware of the fact that website hacked issues could occur if they are not kept up to date with consistent website maintenance.

6 Tips to Fix Common Website Problems

The following 6 tasks should be performed to fix websites:

  • Check your local computer for viruses
  • Change passwords
  • Assess damage
  • Restore your backup
  • Update plugins and themes
  • Remove your website from blacklists
How to Fix Websites

1. Checking your computer for viruses

Before you begin repairing your website, you will first have to eradicate the possibility that your computer was the origin of the attack. To do this first, check your local computer for viruses and/or infections with malware. You can use Comodo cWatch Web which has a built-in Vulnerability Scanner.

2. Changing passwords

Ensure that the hacker can no longer access your website or database. SFTP password SSH password and Database password should be changed. The passwords should be rest for all users as the hacker could have created new users. Carefully check the user account administration for your website and remove any suspicious users.

3. Assessing damage

Now you will have to examine the situation and plan how to handle it. Some vital questions that you will need answers to are as follows:

  • Did the attacker have access to your website?
  • Which files are affected?
  • Is sensitive data affected? Who needs to be informed?
  • Did the attacker have access to your database?
  • Is just one website affected, or are multiple websites on your web space affected?

4. Checking for malware and restoring your backup

Replace all the infected files with files from a backup that has not been affected.

5. Updating applications, plugins, themes, and extensions

You must update all plugins, extensions, applications, and themes as soon as you have restored your backup close known security holes. Hackers frequently use security holes in themes and plugins. Hence, you need to update all extensions, themes, and plugins, and then check which ones do you use. Before you decide to use a plugin, analyze all of its pros and cons since all plugins are capable of affecting your website's security.

6. Removing your website from blacklists

Bing, Yahoo, Google, and many antivirus programs maintain blacklists for websites that are infected with malware. For instance, websites on Google's blacklist are removed from the search index or given a lower ranking. Having imported a clean backup and changed all your passwords, it is now the right time for you to remove your page from these blacklists.

Conclusion

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