In this tutorial, we will explain to you how to enable or disable proactive defense in Imunify360. With Proactive Defense, websites that run PHP are protected from zero-day attacks by automatically blocking potentially spiteful executions as soon as they are detected.
To disable or enable Proactive Defense, follow the below steps:
- Log in to WHM.
- Find the “Plugins” option.
- Click on the “Imunify360” sub-option.
- Click on the “Proactive Defense” tab.
- There are three modes of proactive defense:
a) Disabled: In this case, the Proactive Defense feature has not worked, so the system is unprotected.
In all modes other than Disabled, data is logged.
b) Log Only: By default, only possible malicious activities are logged, and no actions are taken.
c) Kill mode: The highest level of protection is Kill Mode. When malicious activity is detected, scripts are terminated.
- You can enable or disable any of the mode settings according to your need.
- For security purposes, you should always enable the “Kill Mode”.
Note: By blocking PHP scripts that contain code that could harm your website or visitors, adds an extra layer of security to your website.
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