A lot of chaos has happened over the last few weeks with non-secure Joomla! 3rd Party components. In result we have secured our site with ever possible way and this even includes utilizing the all famous .htaccess file. Below is our version of our .htaccess file to keep our site secure so we suggest you do the same.
# Use Options
Options +FollowSymLinks
# mod_rewrite in use
RewriteEngine On
# Base location
RewriteBase /
# Begin Rules for rewrite
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/component/option,com) [NC,OR] ##optional - see notes##
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|css|js|pl|txt)$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php
# End Rules for rewrite
# Add .htc files
AddType text/x-component .htc
########## Begin - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits
#
# Block out any script trying to set a mosConfig value through the URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} mosConfig_[a-zA-Z_]{1,21}(=|\%3D) [OR]
# Block out any script trying to base64_encode crap to send via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode.*\(.*\) [OR]
# Block out any script that includes a

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