Security is one of the most important points when one chooses a server for hosting his sites. This is the reason for so many anti-virus software’s are in the market currently. When choosing a server one should always make sure that the Web hosting provider has good anti-virus software for the server. If you have a shared server than it is not at all possible to rely on the server and it is not even possible to install anything on the server from your side. So if you have a website which needs security you will have to consider a VPS Hosting or a dedicated server.

This is also possible if you have a VPS server for hosting your websites. As the servers have some operating system which is already installed on the server you will have to search for anti-virus software which is supported by your operating system. As these servers will have Linux or Windows operating systems you will have look for an anti-virus which is supported by these operating systems. Apart from the anti-virus software you can do some other things which will make your server more secured. If you have Windows VPS server than you can easily make your server more secured. Some of the steps mentioned below will help you to make your Windows VPS server more secured.

First you will have to logon to your Windows VPS server with the help of Remote Desktop. Once you have done this you have to enable its Windows Firewall. After this you will have to select the following:-

Start > Control Panel > Windows Firewall.

After selecting Windows Firewall, Add the ports/applications given below to your firewall exceptions as required (Exceptions Tab > Add Program or Port)

Check “Remote Desktop” option [Remote Desktop]

Add Port > Name = DNS UDP | Port =53 | UDP [Domain Name Server UDP]

Add Port > Name = DNS TCP | Port =53 | TCP [Domain Name Server TCP]

Add Port > Name = FTP| Port =21 | TCP [FTP Server]

Add Port > Name = SMTP | Port =25 | TCP [Mail Server]

Add Port > Name = POP3 | Port =110 | TCP [POP 3 Mail collection service]

Add Port > Name = HTTP | Port =80 | TCP [Web Server]

Add Port > Name = HTTPS | Port =443 | TCP [Secure Web Server]

Add Program > Browse > C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\inetinfo.exe (This will allow you to use the FTP Service)

Note: You will probably also want your windows VPS server to respond to network ICMP packets (ping) so ensure that this is enabled by going: Start > Control Panel > Windows Firewall > Advanced > ICMP Settings > Enable options.

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