Written by Martin Guppy on January 28, 2010 – 11:29 am
Over the last year there has been a substantial increase in the number of sites on the Internet that have been hacked due to viruses that steal FTP credentials from user’s home computers. The hackers then use these credentials to insert hidden code within your website.
To reduce the significant threat from these viruses – as of 15th February 2010, the solution is to lock FTP when it’s not in use, making it extremely difficult for the hackers to infect your site.
To unlock FTP, our web hosting customers will have to simply log into their control panel and click one button to unlock FTP for a period of time. FTP will then automatically lock again after the time period has expired.
These security measures will ensure that the majority of sites have FTP locked, greatly reducing the risk of having your websites infected.
