If you have a WordPress blog or website, WordPress security must be an issue for you. I'm sure you must have heard about hackers attacking blogs and websites of other people. The damage done by them can be enormous, especially when the particular blog was high page ranked, displaying high in search engines and profitable. It is not the only type of websites attacked by hackers. The reasoning behind their acts can't be explained as logical. They will destroy it for fun. I know stories of people who one day, instead of their website saw a short note informing them that their website has been blocked by Google due to the thread it carries to other internet users. It was a result of hacker attack, who made changes to the website.
Cloning, as it applies to fix wordpress malware cleanup, is the act of creating an exact copy of your WordPress install. What's great is that in only a couple clicks, you can do it with the correct software. There are a number of reasons. Here are just a few.
I protect an access to important files on the site's server by putting an useful content index.html file in the particular directory, that hides the files from public view.
This is very useful plugin, protecting you against brute-force password-crack attacks. It keeps track of the IP address of every failed login attempt. You can configure the plugin to disable login attempts for a selection of IP addresses when a certain number of failed attempts is reached.
Now we're getting into matters specific to WordPress. Whenever you install WordPress, you need to edit the file config-sample.php and rename it to config.php. You need to install the database information there.
These are only some. Thing is they don't require much time to do. These are easy options, which can be carried out easily.