{"id":16279,"date":"2024-05-20T17:28:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T17:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostvento.com\/kb\/web-hosting\/how-to-clean-website-from-malicious-content\/"},"modified":"2024-06-15T03:16:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T03:16:59","slug":"how-to-clean-website-from-malicious-content","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/docs\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-clean-website-from-malicious-content\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Clean Website From Malicious Content ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Verifying the content of the website is crucial before cleaning it. The best course of action is to download the public_html directory to your computer and use a reputable antivirus program to scan it. Any FTP client may be used to download the public_html directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can utilize Kaspersky Internet Security, Norton Internet Security, and Microsoft Security Essentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also request that our support technician run a scan. To conduct a scan, we utilize the tools maldet and clamscan. It scans for malware and cleans or quarantines the contaminated files. Our assistance professionals are reliable when it comes to removing malware from files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once all the malicious code is removed, below are few security guidelines you must follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Set strong (alpha numeric) passwords on cPanel, FTP and web applications on your hosting account.<br>2. Make sure the web applications are updated to the latest version. Newer versions are applied with security patches and loop holes are fixed on regular intervals. If there are any security patches released, make sure you apply it.<br>3. Download\/install the themes\/plugins from a reliable source.<br>4. Remove OR download the unwanted data, themes, plugins. They can pose a security risk.<br>5. Make sure your local machine\/client isn\u2019t infected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hostvento.com\/kb\/web-hosting\/how-to-increase-default-quotas-for-email-accounts-globally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How To Increase Default Quotas For Email Accounts Globally ?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hostvento.com\/kb\/web-hosting\/do-you-support-imap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Do You Support IMAP ?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verifying the content of the website is crucial before cleaning it. The best course of action is to download the public_html directory to your computer and use a reputable antivirus program to scan it. Any FTP client may be used to download the public_html directory. You can utilize Kaspersky Internet Security, Norton Internet Security, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":23377,"menu_order":327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-16279","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/16279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16279"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/16279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20970,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/16279\/revisions\/20970"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/23377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=16279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}