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How to Change Some Files in your Hosting Account from Read and Write to Read Only so Your Files are Hack Proof
There are a million and one ways in which you can get hacked and even if you apply every single defense you can think about, there is no guarantee that your hosting account and the sites you host are safe. However, this doesn’t mean that there are no little steps you can (and should) take in order to defend your sites from hackers. Hosting nerds know many useful tricks and one of them is how to change some files in your hosting account from Read and Write to Read-only.
If you aren’t a hosting nerd, maybe you are wondering why you should bother changing file permissions. The answer is easy – because when your files can be modified (i.e. when you have enabled the Write permission for them), this is a security risk.
Not all files in your cpanel hosting account are subject to the same risk level and this why you need to know which files are to be modified. There are files, which are more important than others and which are easier to modify to include malicious code in them. When a hacker gets hold of such a file, he or she can add a virus code. Later on, when somebody loads your page in his or her browser, his or her computer will get infected – this is the way viruses are distributed all over the Net.
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Incredibly Elegant Premium Magazine Wordpress Themes
1. Magazine by StudioPress
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- Magazine WordPress Theme Package: $59.95
- ProPlus All Theme Package: $199.95
2. Yamidoo Magazine by WPZoom
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- Single License: $69
- Developer License: $149
How To Test your Anti-Virus Software?
There are tonnes of free antivirus applications available on the internet and each of them claims to detect and remove malicious viruses from your computer. Generally, most of these softwares are available for free; but despite their claims to protect your PC, usually they are worthless. Unless you buy premium antivirus applications such kaspersky, Mcafee, ESET, etc, you won’t be 100% sure whether you are being protected by the malicious viruses or not.
However, there is one simple test to verify whether your anti-virus program is upto its mark or not. In this tutorial we will teach you how to create a fake (dummy) virus and then run it on your system to see if your antivirus detects anything or not. Here is what you have to do;
50+ Excellent Free Magazine Wordpress Themes You (Probably) Haven’t Seen
Wordpress is one of the widely used and most lovable open source blog publishing application (CMS) ever created. Due to its popularity, you’ll find a large number of free and premium wordpress themes created by creative and innovative designers.
In one of our previous posts, we shared with you some of the “Best Wordpress Theme Directories” around. In case you missed it, you can read it here. In the recent past a new trend of developing ‘Magazine Themes‘ for wordpress has emerged. Like we said in our previous article that there are hundred of thousands of creative designers who are willing to create beautiful and magnificent wordpress themes for us.
However, it’s just like searching for a needle in a haystack: if you’ve ever googled for free and quality Magazine Wordpress Themes, you know exactly what we’re talking about. In this article we present “50+ high quality wordpress magazine themes” that you (probably) haven’t seen.
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How to Add Recycle Bin Icon to Windows 7 Taskbar
If Windows 7 is in your use for some time now, you might have noticed that it does not allow you to pin icons directly on to the taskbar. For instance, if you have tried dragging and placing ‘Recycle Bin‘ on the taskbar, you probably might have noticed that it gets pinned under the Windows Explorer rather than appearing as a separate icon on the taskbar as it normally would appear in Windows Vista orWindows XP.
In order to place a ‘Recycle Bin’ you’ll need to tweak it a little bit. The idea is very simple; create a shortcut and point it to the original Recycle Bin and then place that created shortcut onto the taskbar. Now the question is how are we going to point a shortcut to the original Recycle Bin folder? Simple; add a small snippet (code) to it.
This is what you will have to do to place an icon on to the taskbar;
50 Excellent Resources to Submit and Promote your Wordpress Theme
Wordpress is one of the widely used and most lovable open source blog publishing application (CMS) ever created. Originally designed for blogging but is so powerful and popular that it is being used by many business websites. Due to its popularity, you’ll find a large number of free and premium wordpress themes created by creative and innovative designers.
While most of the designers who create excellent, premium wordpress themes, manage and publish their themes on their own blogs/websites; there is still a large number of designer who are willing to publish their work all for free to the general public. Generally these designers do this to promote their own blog, thus enabling them to rank higher in Google’s and Yahoo’s SERPs.
How to Burn .ISO files in Windows 7?
It took Mircrosoft long enough to figure out the compatibility issue of .ISO files (a.k.a. disk image) which persisted in the older versions of Windows. Previously, users had to download a third-party tool to burn .ISO files to DVDs. Gladly, that issue has now been catered for. The upcoming OS system – Windows 7 – detects and supports .ISO files.
With Windows 7 friendly user interface, you can burn tonnes of .ISO files with ease. Here is what you have to do;
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190+ Digg Tools and Resources [updated]
Are you looking for Digg Tools, hacks and services for a powerful Digg experience? Digg is one of the most popular social media website. The concept behind Digg is very simple, basically it is designed for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the Internet, by submitting links and stories, and voting on submitted links and stories.
A huge amount of stories get submitted every day, but only a handful (most Dugg) stories appear on the front page. In the recent past it has become very difficult to make it to the front page, unless you have some loyal friends, you won’t make it to the Front Page, but not this seems to work every time.
Panda Announces First Cloud Based Antivirus for Free
Now a days having a good anti-virus program is a necessity. Viruses, malwares and other malicious programs pose a threat to the security of millions of computers. However, not everyone can afford expensive anti-virus applications, especially students. Promotions, such as Kaspersky and NOD32 offer some help to these needy people.
Irrespective to paid or free solutions, if you don’t have a fast machine, these softwares can really slow down your computer by using too many system resources. However, there is one out of the box solution that is not only free but will also take less system resources making it easier to work on slower machines.
Prevent Unauthorized Access of USB Drives using USB Blocker
One of the best modes to transfer data from one computer to another is by using a USB/Pen drive or any other removable media for that matter. However in large co-operations; companies try their best to avoid use of USBs and USB Ports in particular. Why is that? In large networks, if these USB ports are not catered for there is a possibility that sensitive data can get into wrong hands.
If you are a company owner or maintain a network irrespective of it size and want to get control over USB ports, then USB Blocker is just the application for you.
