[kingsattino]

Thanks for this DW. Very useful. I have my website returning on the internet now and will take actions to further secure it.

[StGeorge]

Here are some other useful links re site security.
I put all three of the first link into my Sites:
http://thenetweb.co....rs-on-a-website

This is mainly for those wishing to protect certain static site content, (although I use the telephone obfuscation methods within a CMS):
http://thenetweb.co....umbers-and-text

As this is a shared server it may well making sure that your database configuration files are set to 400 to prevent the Symlink Hack.
Also comment out the:

# Options +FollowSymlinks

if in use in your .htaccess

Server Admins See:
http://winfoes.co.uk...om-Symlink-Hack