Category: Security
How to enable two-factor authentication (2FA)
Providing an additional layer of security to your account we recommend all customers use 2 factor authentication, here we explain how to do this. Step 1: If you don’t already have an authentication app installed on your smartphone, tablet or PC you will need to download one. We recommend either Google authenticator or Microsoft authenticator, both are available […]
How To Secure FTP Access On Reseller And VPS Hosting Accounts
There are instances where the reseller web hosting and VPS hosting accounts get adversely affected with unauthorized FTP uploads. This is not the case in terms of the cPanel hosting accounts as the domains created can be directly altered from the systems. In terms of reseller hosting or VPS hosting accounts, the FTP access to […]
How To Restore R1Soft Backup On The Server
R1Soft is a very efficient backup software that provides with continuous data protection. Web Hosting UK offers R1Soft’s Continuous Data Protection (CDP) software with VPS hosting and every hosting plan above VPS to protect the data continuously. R1Soft CDP provides with a very efficient data backup plan as it involves bit-level disk-based data protection also […]
What is Leech protect and how to setup Leech protect
Leech Protect is a Standard Security feature offered within cPanel. Suppose a user is publically posting usernames or passwords in restricted areas of your website and if it is causing a threat to your website’s security, you can restrict that user from doing the same. This also prevents a user who is trying to access […]
Prohibited Content/Services On Your Dedicated Server
Dedicated Web Server Security When it comes to the security of dedicated server hosting, the end users are responsible for any misuse of your dedicated server hosting account, yet most of the inappropriate activities are committed by a friend, family member, guest or employee. Therefore, you must take steps to ensure that others do not […]
Procedure To Enable The Wildcard For Subdomains
Usually the Wildcard is used for the subdomains. This process is useful when a client wishes to redirect all his upcoming visitors to his main website, regardless of what subdomain they access your website through. This is very important as well as very useful whenever someone mistypes www for example and writes ww.yourdomainname.com. In other […]
How To Protect Your Website From Spamming
Protect Your Website From Spamming – Spamming is one of the biggest headache to a webmaster and online marketer.Every one knows that spamming is done in different ways such as email spamming,web traffic spamming,forum spamming,spamming by blog commenting and many more other ways as well too do so. Spamming can be conducted through a automated […]
After SSL installation, sometimes the website is not accessible ?
Sometimes you may not be able to access your website after installing a SSL certificate on your web hosting account. This issue happens due to the SSL installation which requires changes of a DNS in your domain’s A record. Right after the SSL installation you might be still resolving your domain with the old DNS […]