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How to Install Virus Scanner in cPanel

Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) is an antivirus software toolkit that was originally developed for Unix. It is licensed under the GNU and is free for all to use. It can detect many malicious software and viruses. Because of the low vulnerability of Unix systems to viruses, ClamAV has established itself as the de facto standard for [...]

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Google Safe Browsing Diagnostic Tool helps a site owner detect malware

Site Owner could do a quick malware check on their siteor any other website using Google Safe Browsing Diagnostic tool                 Visit the following URL and change the domain name in the end It will tell you what type of data is stored about a compromised site anyway. Google’s [...]

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Hide the Apache Web Server Version number

There are two config directives that controls Apache version. The ServerSignature directive adds a line containing the Apache HTTP Server server version and the ServerName to any server-generated documents, such as error messages sent back to clients. The ServerTokens directive controls whether Server response header field which is sent back to clients includes a description of the [...]

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How to disable directory browsing?

One of the must do on setting a secure Apache webserver is to disable directory browsing. This could prevent the server from showing a listing of the existing files if there’s no index in one folder. Disable directory browsing via .htaccess Add in the .htaccess file the following

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