How To Keep Joomla Websites Safe From Hacking ?

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If you are a Joomla 3.0 developer, there are many ways you can protect your website from being compromised. Following are the tips that might help you prevent your website from getting hacked. Please read more details here : http://www.brainpulse.com/articles/w...om-hacking.php

[AKshay_M]

#1 : Make sure the extra installed components does not have the vulnerability.
(See for details - Vulnerable Extensions List)

#2 : Make sure you do not use default admin username, default joomla table prefix.

#3 : Enable .htaccess of Joomla (and some advance rules are there in it, enable them, those rules will help your website overall security)

#4 : Keep administrator folder of website protected by htaccess & htpassword.

#5 : Choose good webhost, probably dedicated hosting (in the era of virtual hosting dedicated virtual hosting is NOT costly)