I don't have a web site any more at least in part because the increasing cost for security services priced me out of the market. I checked several of the leading hosting companies in the past and found that while there might be significant differences in charges for specific services in the final analysis there was very little difference in total cost. But there were significant differences in customer ratings. GoDaddy's reputation places them among the best.
There are two kinds of companies with an on-line presence, those that have been hacked, and those who will be hacked. GoDaddy's offer of one year of deluxe security seems generous, but it is in line with offerings from other companies that have been hacked. The scan and cleanup for $60 is nice, but after the fact and after damage has already occurred potentially placing you at significant risk of financial loss and loss of reputation. In other words it is locking the barn door after the horses got out. What you want is PREVENTION, so the $260 security package may be worth the money. You just have to make an honest appraisal of what your risk exposure would be if one morning you woke up to find some or all of the images on your site have turned into explicit kiddy porn. ($260 might be 1% of what a decent defense attorney would cost.)
