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Facebook Virus: A Real Danger

Leif — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:52:55 +0000

Part of the success of Facebook is its style of growth, similar to a virus under which I like and my friends see, and in turn, many of them also press the little button “I like” … and so on to infinity .

The dark side of this system is the ease to propagate computer dangers that are taking advantage of the confidence we have in our network. The same have antivirus and a long warnings of the risks inherent in social networks.

As the real world, Facebook also has its risks: over-confidence can cost you dearly.

In this article we will explain some of the most important hazards and how to avoid them.

Clickjacking: oh no, I liked!

I have seen “chunks” of favorite pages in Facebook: news feeds, comments and, above all, buttons “I like it.” These plugins are easy to create and are socially embedded, they are part of the promotion strategy of the pages of Facebook.

But what would happen if you hit Like a page full of advertising and malware, possibly fooled by the design of it? Or if someone used the appearance of the Facebook button to trigger some harmful event? You would be falling into what experts called “click jacking“.

One of the most notorious case was the image above, to which it came from a curious picture posted on the wall of other friends. The user was asked to find and press the blue button, the “Share” on Facebook. Unintentionally, those who did were strikingly marketing the page.

Another example of click jacking

Thanks to an invisible button, this page “infected” the walls with a non-desired news.

In this case it was just advertising, but imagine for a moment what would happen if instead of a video or a banner, it had a virus. It is the possibility that has motivated perhaps alarmist articles believable: Sophos and Panda speaks Labs likejacking warning about the risks of compulsive clicking.

Tips for Using Facebook securely

In practice, how do you protect one of these traps? The combination of a secure browser extensions like NoScript or prevent accidental infection if you click where it touches. Many antivirus, in turn, recognize and clickjacking techniques as Troj / Iframe-ET or Troj / Iframe.P. But the best solution is still common sense:

1. Do not click on an image or link without having an idea about what it is.
2. Do not add applications randomly, some are spread by tricks.
3. Set the privacy of Facebook (we will explain how to do this in another article).
4. Be careful who you add as a friend or what you do with your fan page.
5. Check your surrounding regularly to remove unwanted activity. Remove wall news.
6. Perform regular cleaning from the Account menu > Edit friends : Clear message
7. Disregard chain letters, rumors or mass invitations : Do not panic

These are recent problems with Facebook Security, but social networks like Facebook are much more secure than it seems. Most of the “dangers and problems, in fact, have more to do with privacy and the use of the tools made and there is nothing that can not be resolved without some common sense.

To be aware of the risks, we recommend adding Facebook Security to your favorite pages. It contains valuable help of Facebook privacy and security recommendations. As always, you apply them or not depends on your day to day life.

And you?

Have you suffered a security problem in Facebook?

Definition Of Web Hosting (Part I)

Leif — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:33:14 +0000

Probably, before buying Web Hosting package many people ask about “what is web hosting?”, Here is a small definition.

What is Web Hosting?

Web Hosting is a service that can be leased on the Internet. It enables the users or organizations to display the products or services on the internet. You can also call it as a form of data storage megabytes (mb) up to terabytes (tb), which is connected to the Internet with the data that can be requested or accessed by users from all over the world simultaneously. This is why a website can be accessed simultaneously at one time by multiple users.

Anyone Who Needs Web Hosting

As noted above, any person or company can rent a space or take advantage of these web hosting services that are supported by technological advanced information that is currently available. The utilization of web hosting service is a reliable alternative means for promotion, disseminating information, selling, public service with just a place to dump the content into a web-based diaries (blogs: websites).

Why You Need Web Hosting?

The speed of spreading information about the services, products, public services and others are the sources to gauge the success of individual businesses or corporations.

First example: in UK, with around 70 million mobile phone users which of course can be connected to the internet via GPRS, there is no excuse for not connecting to the virtual world, even in remote areas though.

The second example: A medical student, with limited funding, in anticipation of buying medical textbooks that are expensive, can easily obtain information on science and technology through a web site, and this is the responsibility of education providers to provide web site services to promote education. Even a lecturer should have a web site.

In short, if you have created a prototype design that can be read by internet browsers such as html, then it’s time for you to put that design on the internet by uploading your design to hosting providers.

Keep Reading : Definition Of Web Hosting (Part II)

Choosing A Good Web Hosting Service

Leif — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:24:15 +0000

The Web has thousands of free Web hosting, but they do have certain limitations and some do not bring what we want, and we are also required to have any advertising that does not benefit personally, this FREE services are called quotation marks, to cover the requirements of the project. We should always hire services because of the benefits they provide. There are some important point that needs to be considered while choosing dedicated hosting services for successful online business which are as below.

Space On Dedicated Servers:

Approximately 200 megabytes are required to reached about 2000 pages and you can index a bit of multimedia material that is a little heavier, and some Web hosting service gives you the chance to increase your space, obviously you have to pay a little more for it .

E-mail Accounts:

The E-mail accounts that you will create, are protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it. The best part is that, the extension bears the name of your domain which makes you are professional business person and give you more credibility.

Data Transfer:

If it is possible that the transfer is unlimited, it is better to have no limit on the web traffic you receive. This is a very important fact because if you have very little transfer megabytes of traffic and if you apply the SEO techniques and have many visitors and if these visitors come to your site one day and see that your site is down, they will never come back.

Support:

Technical support by chat, phone or e-mail is very important because support is what serves can need at any point of time and the issues must be resolved in less than 24 hours for better benefits.

Web Hosting Explained (Part I)

Leif — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:36:30 +0000

Web Hosting

The basic goal of a hosting service is hosting or web hosting to which certain users could access. However, there are many elements that come into play when implementing such services because the needs have changed and so has the range of users who have their own website, as there is a spectacular growth in blogging worldwide

OPERATING SYSTEM

Although some providers were originally specialized in providing services with Linux or Windows hosting, but now, almost all of them offer both options. The differences between the platforms are clear: the cost of licenses for Windows usually means a higher price, but there are other aspects that should also be considered.

One of the most important is the need to have the option to program in ASP or ASP.NET (Windows) or PHP (valid in both, but more efficient in Linux), and respectively have an IIS server (Windows) or Apache (Linux). It is true that there are solutions for Linux ASP but not one hundred percent compatible with the original Microsoft ASP, so that suppliers tend to use ASP with Windows and PHP with Linux (less security problems).

However, the acceptance of the platform and integration solutions by and for Microsoft products is an added value to consider. For its part, Linux is still an outstanding choice for any user, from the individual to the corporation, being the most commitment to such systems, as shown by the share of Apache against IIS in the segment existing web server on the Internet.

Read More: Web Hosting Explained (Part II)

Read More: Web Hosting Explained (Part III)

Read More: Web Hosting Explained (Part IV)

Linux Or Windows Hosting

Leif — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:32:35 +0000

Should I go for Linux hosting or should I go for Windows hosting is a question that is asked by lot of people around the globe. And what is the difference between Linux and Windows Hosting? Does it really matter whether your website is hosted on a computer that is running on Linux or Windows operating system? In most of the cases, you don’t even care nor you need to know.

In general, Linux hosting is cheaper than Windows hosting, because your hosting provider does not need to pay a licence fee to Microsoft for the operating system or the web server program if they use a free linux distro such as centos. So, in general, you choose the cheapest option from your favorite web hosting provider and go for Linux Hosting.

If you are planning to create your website with more advanced web authoring technology, such as a dynamic database driven website, you will need to make a choice between using a PHP and ASP environment. If you don’t have any idea on what PHP or ASP stands for, you can visit en.wikipedia site.

But, as you are unlikely to learn using these technologies on your own, stick to a simple static web site design using HTML as a beginner. Only if you are an advanced web developer and decide on using ASP, or even ASP.NET, it may be important to choose a Windows Web Hosting plan. In all other cases just get the cheaper Linux Hosting package.

Windows 2003 Dedicated Hosting Options and Features

Leif — Tue, 18 May 2010 12:12:13 +0000

Windows server 2003 is having many features and these features are also based on the different editions which are available in the market. Windows Hosting is having three different editions and all these editions are having different features and options. Following are the editions and some of the features which are available with the edition.

1) Windows 2003 Server Web Hosting Edition :

a. Includes IIS 6.0 / ASP.NET and Microsoft .NET Framework

b. Supports two-way symmetric multi-processing

c. Support upto 2GB RAM

d. Cheapest Operating system

2) Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition :

a. Advanced Networking – Internet Authentication Service, Internet Connection Sharing

b. Four-way symmetric Multi-processing

c. Support upto 4GB RAM

3) Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition :

a. Utilized for Server Clusters

b. Quorum – Independant Storage Solutions

c. Volume Shadow Copy Service and Restoration

d. Eight-way Symmetric Multi-processing

e. Support for 1000GB or 1TB RAM ( Hot-Add )

f. Internet Protocol Security

g. Internet Authentication Service

h. Windows System Resource Manager

i. Auto-deployment

j. Virtual Solutions

You will find all these Windows 2003 server editions with almost all the web hosting providers.

Why Choose Windows Reseller Hosting?

Leif — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:02:28 +0000

Once you are about to purchase web space with the purpose to resell it, you have to look at the software offered in that web space. You need to know, in case, what web panel software the web host prefers. Reading up on different web panels will arrange you for the task of managing the reseller space you plan to purchase. And if you plan on getting Windows Reseller Hosting for the first time, you must know at least why it is so well-liked.

Here are just a little of the reasons why you must select Windows Reseller Hosting beyond the other obvious choices:

• Not difficult to use: This is always the number one reason spoken by reseller space buyers and vendors alike. The main attraction of it is a web integration software that has a pleasing and neat graphical user interface (GUI), parallel to a Windows Explorer window set to display files as icons. This allows even people who are not well-known with web space management to be swiftly oriented to the demands of the task.

• Various features: As with each computer program, an easy-to-use software that comes packed with valuable features quickly wins hearts. As soon as people use web panel software, they are looking for effects that would make their lives easier, such as automated scripts. Automated scripts are commands that simplify complex tasks like backing up and transferring files and entire databases from one server to another. It has ample of such scripts. With the push of a single button, a user will be able to begin a series of difficult commands.

• Security: Just because it is simple to utilize, it doesn’t follow that it has a most important downside – such as being easy to hack into. It is known as a very safe and sound web panel software. You will need security in your web management software, so that just any web-savvy stranger won’t be able to maliciously crack your safeguards, steal your files and deface your websites. Among the many important things that a secure web panel can offer, peace of mind is most likely one of the most precious thing.

If you are mentally prepared to get Windows Reseller Hosting for your first reselling account, identify that you’ve made a wise choice, which millions of other pleased users have also made. But feel free to try additional web panels – proper information comes from one’s inclination to experiment!

How to choose Reliable Dedicated Hosting Provider?

Leif — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:22:12 +0000

One of the most important thing which is on the check list of a webmasters while shopping for a dedicated hosting package is to host the website with reliable web hosting provider. In the hosting industry, reliability is measured in uptime. Most web hosting companies promise that your website will be available for your website visitors 99% of this time meaning and uptime of 99%, but is it true? Some hosting companies go out of their way and try to persuade you that this is true by getting certification from a third party to confirm their 99% uptime claim.

Even the most well planned dedicated hosting server network do experience downtime. This is where website monitoring service like few hosting provider offers, a website monitoring company, offers to monitor website, web servers, networks and other infrastructure and services associated with web hosting such as routers, switches including services running on servers such as email, FTP firewalls and other services. They will notify you instantly when your website, server or any of the services your have requested to monitor have any problem.

Few dedicated hosting providers insert a clause that prohibits their customer from using website monitoring services, not because the hosting companies are worried they will be caught out on their uptime promise, but because the intermittent data packets sent to poll servers by website monitoring services to check availability of website adds to bandwidth usage and extra stress on the server.

Forum Hosting Software

Leif — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:15:18 +0000

Forum boards are very important for the successful websites, you can attract webmaster if you have a good theme based heavy traffic forum. Having forum for your site is a plus point where webmaster can communicate online and can discuss on various topics. If you are concentrating traffic through your forum then you should look for a web host who have excellent hosing features and will provide you maximum guaranteed uptime. Also you should look into hosting space and bandwidth, technical support etc. you will get from your hosting service provider. As a forum owner you should try to keep your forum up and running round the clock. Make sure you have enough webspace and bandwidth as your forum would be getting more popularity and you would be getting thousands of new register users who would be contributing their comments in your forum making it a real live forum.

Therefore, always choose a right web host for your Forum hosting requirements.

Just a good dedicated hosting service for your forum is not important. You should consider what database management system you would be going to use. Your web hosting servers should have good database management systems. You should crosscheck if you have MySQL Database and phpmyAdmin which is essential to manage your forum properly. Server Security also plays an important role thus your web host should have latest security patches for server where your forum is hosted. Check for what backups strategy do your web host has implemented in server/hardware crash situation.

Choosing forum software is also important and should be done after doing your homework. You have many forum softwares available in market, free and paid forum software are available. Vbulletin forums are most popular and widely used forum software produced by Jelsoft Enterprises. It’s a paid forum software which you have to pay for getting license copy for it and using it for building your community. Vbulletin Forum hosting is supported on Linux dedicated hosting or on Windows dedicated hosting plans. Thus its supported on both hosting platforms. Vbulletin is a powerful, stable and secure forum software which is written in PHP having strong back end database support of MySQL.

Following are some of the important features of Vbulletin forum software :

Fast and efficient database support.
Fantastic Template-driven interface
A very powerful built-in search engine
Have Language system
Have Custom user fields
Extensive admin control panel
Can have Unlimited forums/posts
Inline moderation support
Flexible plugin systems

Why and when you should go for Windows VPS Hosting?

Leif — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:01:02 +0000

Expecting the benefits through business on the immense Internet is what every business owner wants. A smart businessman will never ignore the profits and knows very well how to gain maximum advantage using the Windows VPS Hosting solution.

Windows Virtual Private Servers are the best solutions for the website owners who owns a heavy traffic website and whose purpose is to gain the best in price, comforts and able to install and control the complicated applications and softwares. It is also an ideal solution for those who need customized solution which you cannot expect with shared servers.

You should be considering a windows vps when you require the features of a dedicated hosting package in low cost as well as full control over your web server. Having a VPS you will be fully able to access the widely used plesk control panel and the full-fledged tools it offers.

Because of the various familiar features the windows vps provides, it has become the preferred choice of most of the webmasters. With the friendly windows interface, building and setting up a website is one of the great advantages. And due to the popular windows softwares compatibility with other web hosting, the admins can adjust the vps server and its security the way they like.

Windows Virtual Private Servers are much better compared to Linux VPS Hosting. Windows and Linux are the two operating systems for VPS Hosting and offered by almost all web hosting providers. Both have their own benefits and drawbacks.

However, its your choice to select the platform which is familiar and suitable for your website management.