{"id":1390,"date":"2011-08-05T05:16:47","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T11:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/blog\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2023-09-07T11:24:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T11:24:29","slug":"hackalert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/blog\/hackalert\/","title":{"rendered":"A new Malware Protection Service Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We\u2019re excited to announce our new service \u2013 HackAlert. &nbsp;HackAlert is the latest malware detection and early warning system available out there, powered by our partner GlobalSign-one of the longest established Certification Authorities and specialists in SSL security.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Malware is developed and improved every day to compromise PCs and spread viruses, hijack computers or steal personal information. &nbsp;One of the biggest fears of website owners is for their site to be infected with hidden malicious code and then used as a vehicle to distribute it to the website visitors. &nbsp;Unless remedied quickly, an infected website will shortly be flagged or blacklisted by search engines like Google for hosting malicious content. When visiting a flagged website, its visitors and potential customers will see worrying warnings about the site potentially harming their computers. &nbsp;In both cases, you can expect a steady drop in your website traffic, at the least.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/hackalert.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1394\" title=\"HackAlert\" src=\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/hackalert.png\" alt=\"HackAlert\" width=\"560\" height=\"147\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/Firefox.png\"><br>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">HackAlert is a new, cloud-based service that identifies hidden zero-day malware and drive-by downloads in websites and online advertisements.&nbsp; Its greatest strength lies in its early-warning function- it sends out an immediate warning to the website owner, before search engines blacklist the website. &nbsp;This allows for an immediate remedy action to protect customers, their business reputation and revenues.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s even more, HackAlert &nbsp;is delivered as a web service \u2013 SiteGround customers only need to activate it for the domain name of their choice \u2013 no need to install appliances or download any software.<\/p>\n<p>Existing customers will be able to add HackAlert to their domain names on the link below by visiting their SiteGround Customer Area:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ua.siteground.com\/order\/hackalert.htm\">SiteGround Clients HackAlert Order<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New clients can also take advantage of the new malware detection and early alert system by adding it to their new Hosting Account order:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/shared\/step1.htm\">Sign up for Web Hosting with HackAlert Malware Monitoring<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dima Peteva<br>\nProduct Development \u2013 Marketing Department<\/p>\n\n\n<p>[subscribe_cta]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019re excited to announce our new service \u2013 HackAlert. &nbsp;HackAlert is the latest malware detection and early warning system available out there, powered by our partner GlobalSign-one of the longest established Certification Authorities and specialists in SSL security. Malware is developed and improved every day to compromise PCs and spread viruses, hijack computers or steal&hellip;","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2018],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-product-updates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v24.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A new Malware Protection Service Now Available : SiteGround Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We\u2019re excited to announce our new service \u2013 HackAlert. &nbsp;HackAlert is the latest malware detection and early warning system available out there,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A new Malware Protection Service Now Available\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We\u2019re excited to announce our new service \u2013 HackAlert. &nbsp;HackAlert is the latest malware detection and early warning system available out there,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SiteGround\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/siteground\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-08-05T11:16:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-07T11:24:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/hackalert.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"147\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dima Peteva\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@siteground\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@siteground\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dima Peteva\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dima Peteva\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cd35fcfa0ad369201a6626a67b7fc924\"},\"headline\":\"A new Malware Protection Service Now Available\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-08-05T11:16:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-07T11:24:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/\"},\"wordCount\":320,\"commentCount\":19,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/hackalert.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Product Updates\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/\",\"name\":\"A new Malware Protection Service Now Available : SiteGround Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/hackalert.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-08-05T11:16:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-07T11:24:29+00:00\",\"description\":\"We\u2019re excited to announce our new service \u2013 HackAlert. &nbsp;HackAlert is the latest malware detection and early warning system available out there,\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/hackalert.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/hackalert.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A new Malware Protection Service Now Available\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"SiteGround Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SiteGround Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Siteground-Logo-on-white.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Siteground-Logo-on-white.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"SiteGround Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/siteground\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/siteground\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/siteground\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@siteground\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cd35fcfa0ad369201a6626a67b7fc924\",\"name\":\"Dima Peteva\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b1939430eeffc116d326609efeaacd7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b1939430eeffc116d326609efeaacd7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dima Peteva\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dimapeteva\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/author\/dima\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A new Malware Protection Service Now Available : SiteGround Blog","description":"We\u2019re excited to announce our new service \u2013 HackAlert. &nbsp;HackAlert is the latest malware detection and early warning system available out there,","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A new Malware Protection Service Now Available","og_description":"We\u2019re excited to announce our new service \u2013 HackAlert. &nbsp;HackAlert is the latest malware detection and early warning system available out there,","og_url":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/","og_site_name":"SiteGround","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/siteground","article_published_time":"2011-08-05T11:16:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-09-07T11:24:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":560,"height":147,"url":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/hackalert.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Dima Peteva","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@siteground","twitter_site":"@siteground","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dima Peteva","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/"},"author":{"name":"Dima Peteva","@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cd35fcfa0ad369201a6626a67b7fc924"},"headline":"A new Malware Protection Service Now Available","datePublished":"2011-08-05T11:16:47+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-07T11:24:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/"},"wordCount":320,"commentCount":19,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/hackalert.png","articleSection":["Product Updates"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/","url":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/","name":"A new Malware Protection Service Now Available : SiteGround Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/hackalert.png","datePublished":"2011-08-05T11:16:47+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-07T11:24:29+00:00","description":"We\u2019re excited to announce our new service \u2013 HackAlert. &nbsp;HackAlert is the latest malware detection and early warning system available out there,","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/hackalert.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/hackalert.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/hackalert\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A new Malware Protection Service Now Available"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/","name":"SiteGround Blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#organization","name":"SiteGround Blog","url":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Siteground-Logo-on-white.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Siteground-Logo-on-white.jpg","width":1200,"height":400,"caption":"SiteGround Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/siteground","https:\/\/x.com\/siteground","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/siteground\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@siteground"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cd35fcfa0ad369201a6626a67b7fc924","name":"Dima Peteva","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b1939430eeffc116d326609efeaacd7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b1939430eeffc116d326609efeaacd7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dima Peteva"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dimapeteva\/"],"url":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/author\/dima\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1390"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17973,"href":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390\/revisions\/17973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}