What security measures are in place against DDoS attacks, malware scanning, and firewall protection?

StackProtect: This is a bespoke security system designed to keep websites secure against malicious attacks and suspicious activity. It presents suspicious requests with a CAPTCHA to verify the user is genuine. Once a visitor passes the CAPTCHA check, their IP address is whitelisted for 48 hours across all sites on the Hostverge platform. StackProtect monitors for potential 'evil' bot requests and uses Google's latest reCAPTCHA to block them. It also monitors for requests from IP addresses classified as suspicious, such as those involved in past DDoS or brute force attacks.

2. Malware Scanning:

Daily Scans: Hostverge's free Website Malware Scanner performs daily scans of all sites within your hosting account. It uses a combination of commercial and in-house tools to provide reports detailing malicious content and its location within your site files.

Automatic Actions: When malware is located on a site, PHP mail is automatically disabled to preserve the sender's reputation and prevent compromised sites from sending spam emails.

Manual Scans: Users can initiate a fresh scan on demand, view scan history, and review flagged files through the Malware Scanner in the Hostverge control panel.

3. Firewall:

Web Application Firewall (WAF): Hostverge includes a web application firewall as part of its hosting security measures. This helps protect websites from attacks, including SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), and other common web vulnerabilities.

Additionally, Hostverge recommends following security best practices such as using strong passwords, enabling two-factor authentication (2FA), accessing websites over secured internet connections, and only creating sub-user accounts for trusted individuals. For enhanced security, you should also add an SSL certificate.