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A small browser safety switch is off

This is the exact wording EverThread uses when it finds this on a customer's site, written for someone who runs a business, not a server. The example site here is yourbakery.com.

What we saw

The X-Content-Type-Options header is missing. It stops browsers from guessing what kind of file they are loading.

Why it matters

That guessing has been used to smuggle scripts through image and text uploads.

How to fix it

Send the technical line below to whoever runs your site. Each of these is a one-line change in the server or hosting settings, and none of them changes how the site looks.

For your developer

Add the response header X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff.

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