Preventing Virus's on your WordPress Platform

I encountered an extremely difficult problem on my site recently when I made a fundamental mistake of uploading an image which I had not properly checked with anti-virus.

This led to my site being black listed by Google. The solution was two fold,

1. I had to return to an earlier backup of my site before the virus infected it. (In fact I actually redesigned the site from scratch, I had been waiting for a moment to do this anyway)

2. I had to access Google Webmaster Tools and appeal the black-listing

It has taken me a whole month but my site is now back up and running. The solution in future is to make sure that content is never uploaded which does not have a confirmed source and NEVER if it has not been checked by a proficient anti-virus. Now I just need to finish the re-design of the website, hopefully should be complete by next week.

Lindsay Macvean

About Lindsay Macvean

Lindsay is an entrepreneur with a desire to mix two of his passions: the power of the internet, and the world of the small business. He accomplishes this by building outstanding website platforms to enable small businesses in their marketing efforts. He lives in Cork and is expecting a baby with his partner.
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