Website Devirusing Services

Regardless of the size of a business, any website is vulnerable and can become the target of cyber attacks. E-commerce sites, which sell products and services to the general public, must have very strict site security policies as they deal with customers' personal information.

A virus site means that is out of control of the administrator. It can: send spam emails, redirect users to other sites (pornographic or with ads), mine virtual coins on the server or on the visitor's computer, display advertisements and pop-ups, phishing attacks, and many others. If you can no longer log in to the administrative panel, the site is blocked, the images are no longer in the chosen position, it is difficult to load, you can assume that viruses made their appearance. De-virusing the website is the next urgent step, in order not to lose your business and customers.

The hosting provider can block you from its services to prevent high and unnecessary consumption of resources. At the same time, this is a measure to prevent the virus from spreading and infecting other clients, respectively the sites they host. Google will also send you a message informing you that it will no longer display the site in the crawler in the next 48 hours, if the problem is not fixed.

The business website will no longer be accessible because the web browser will display a message warning users that they may be infected. Your customers will have a good reason to choose the services of the competition. This disruption of web activity and lack of information security can cause your customers to be affected and infected. It will thus become more and more difficult to regain the trust of customers and search engines. Constanta web design agency Mensis will take care of de-virusing the site efficiently, and in as short a time as possible.

What does the presence of a virus in the database mean?
The presence of a virus in the database requires a code injected through a form, which allows uploading pictures or other infected files. All this can be caused by the lack of site administration or, most of the time, by the person who administers the website (involuntarily, through hidden fields). As in biology, viruses can be of many kinds: computer worms (worms), Trojan horses (Trojans), keyloggers (retain passwords and any other data you type), spyware (spy on data and export it to obscure servers), adware (dangerous advertisements for prohibited products that seriously affect your image in the eyes of Google), backdoors (infiltrates the system "through the back door", generally when the website or a plugin is not updated), exploits (exploits errors less well-known systems), rootkits (through installation packs/kits), but the most well-known is malware. Each type of virus affects the website in different ways, depending on the interests of the attacker: they can retain passwords, spy and export data (which contains confidential customer data), confuse the search engine (they can affect your online visibility), exploit your resources and demand ransom, but the worst, as in the case of the malware virus, can cause massive losses in databases (customers and transaction data). Other properties of an insecure website and computer viruses are:

• It can sabotage the session of a user or a computer (MITM – man in the middle of attack);
• Steals confidential data (such as information about credit cards or internet banking accounts);
• Compromises a user's login information on almost all websites;
• It can make fraudulent purchases on your behalf;
• It can launch DDoS attacks directly from your IP (attacks aimed at hindering the operation of certain government or banking institutions);
• Creates spam - sends hundreds of thousands of emails from the server's IP (the site is included in international spam lists, from where it can hardly be removed)
• It may try to raise the SEO rankings for certain sites: porn / betting / prohibited drugs, illegal products, etc.

To check if your site is infected with any type of malware, you can check here: https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/

If your website is infected, we come to your aid with the website devirus service.

Today, cyber attacks are on the rise. From ransomware attacks, to banking viruses or those that steal customer information, all of these can affect your online image. Let's see a completion of the list of tips for securing you and your customers.

1. Site maintenance. If you don't have time, or you don't know how to properly and completely administer the site, you can always call on our services for website maintenance. A website left alone, without the required security updates, can become an easy target even for an amateur hacker.
2. Uninstall/delete unused files. The old files that once helped the website to function properly, can leave "portites" deeply infiltrated into the system. Once a malicious hacker detects this gateway that has not been "closed" by the recommended security updates, the entire site can be compromised. All directories that are old or no longer in use should be deleted. (Site optimization it should be a monthly process) It is very possible that they are not protected and attackers could find vulnerabilities to access the site. The same is recommended for every program, plugin, or theme installed but not updated or used, including old PHP applications such as phpmyadmin, MediaWiki, Joomla, and Drupal. Calling on our website devirus services, we will also take care of deactivating unnecessary programs that present risks.
3. Scan your computer for viruses. It may happen that you accidentally upload a virus to your business website. That is why it is good to have an effective antivirus solution, in order not to help the virus to spread on the Internet. In more advanced situations, in addition to de-virusing the site, we can take care of cleaning the personal computer of viruses through TeamViewer.
4. Use strong passwords. When you use easy-to-guess passwords, a hacker can use a dictionary of such passwords and an automated program. Once he has gained access to the site's administration panel, or to the Cpanel interface, the site can be considered compromised, and it is often necessary to restore the entire web design of the site. The rule is to use passwords longer than or equal to 10 characters, which contain numbers, symbols and letters that cannot be easily guessed by other users or robots. You can use a password generator like LastPass times one password manager for the browser.
5. Automatic backups. Back-ups can save you from some problems, if you detect the problem in time. Often the back-up on the server is kept for a week or two. This means that you must discover the problem in time, otherwise you risk losing all your information, depending on the severity of the computer virus.
6. Security plugins. They can automatically detect and block possible attacks, such as Brute Force, DDoS, XSS. However, they cannot protect you if you knowingly install infected files. The antivirus can check the signature of the file, it can find that it is a virus, but in the end you are the owner of the site, and the decision to activate pirated themes and plugins belongs to you. Those antiviruses installed on the CMS can partially help you in the site devirusing process, because oftentimes, a malware brings much deeper changes to the system.
7. 2-factor authentication. Go to Wordfence -> Tools, click on the Cellphone Sign-in tab and enable this option for all users with administrator rights. This feature will alert you via sms or email every time you log into Worpdress from a new device.
8. W3C recommendations. The recommendations of the World Wide Web Consortium they set the standards for websites at an international level. If you follow these recommendations, your website will be better built and will also be much more accessible and secure for everyone.

Our website devirus services also include securing it to prevent future attacks. Contact us to determine what the priorities are!

There are several possibilities:
- you downloaded and installed a hacked plugin that executes hidden codes
– the site was hacked. This happens because the website is not updated, and does not have a firewall installed
– an infected file from the personal computer was uploaded to the site
– the server you are hosting on was attacked by malicious persons. This is less common.

Below we will list some types of viruses that attack websites:
– Adware – displays intrusive advertisements
- Ransomware - encrypts all the content of the website, demanding a ransom in exchange
- Trojan - the hacker has access to the site at any time, without the administrator knowing

Depending on the complexity, the process can last from a few hours to a few days.