Hi,
I highly suggest that you turn the Windows firwall on ASAP, since without it hackers will be able to get into your Windows
VPS Hosting more easily. I suggest that you leave the following ports open as to ensure that you are able to use your
VPS Hosting effectively, but at the same time ensure that it is secure:
21 - FTP
25 - SMTP
53 - DNS
80 - HTTP
110 - POP3
143 - IMAP
443 - HTTPS (not needed if you aren't running a
website hosting using a security certificate)
8443 - this is only needed if you are running the Plesk control panel on your Windows
VPS Hosting
RDP Protocol - you will need to set this up as a service, and can easily be done via the firewall management interface, I suggest that you also limit the IPs allowed to access your
VPS Hosting via the RDP protocol to your personal IP and the eUKhost one; you can find your IP at whatismyip.com and the eUK IP address can be obtained from support.
You can also open any other ports that you feel might be needed to ensure that your
VPS Hosting is able to function correctly.
I would also suggest some sort of anti-virus for your
VPS Hosting to ensure that it is even more secure, one i would highly suggest is ClamAV (
Clam AntiVirus).
If you feel that you are unable to carry out any of these actions yourself, then support will happily do it for you if you open a support ticket with them either from the support desk (support.eukhost.com), or with 'windows [at] eukhost.com'.