Identifying Virus, Malware, Badware in Websites
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Virus in Websites

Often your search may open a page with the writing "Warning visiting this

website may harm your Computer". This warning is set by Google when

 it detects some problem in your website or some visitors post their

feedback.If you see this message or someone complains, do act fast.

It may seriously harm your computer and others as well!

You should download some good Anti-virus software, if you don't have any

you can download free anti-virus software from www.download.com.

 Which files are corrupted by Virus Attack? 

The virus attacks following files on your server specially the html coding

or script coding of your files.

  • index.php
  • index.html
  • main.php
  • header.php
  • footer.php

 

You may see coding like this if your site is infected:

2f@3fid@3d@22+j@2b@22@3e@3c@5c@2fscr@69@70t@%')))})(/@/g);
 --> (It's just an example).

status=location;document.write ('
height=0 frameborder=0 display:none onLoad="status=defaultStatus;">');

After cleaning up your files, always change your passwords.

This includes your FTP passwords. Never use easy passwords like common

names i.e. abcd123, flower, etc. It is safe to use caps, digits,

and symbols (*, @ etc...).

Please go to these forums for more info about Malware and Badware :

 

http://www.malwarehelp.org/articles.html

http://spywareinfoforum.com/

http://www.antiphishing.org/

http://stopbadware.org/home/security

http://badwarebusters.org/


Scanning your website online: 

http://virusscan.jotti.org/en

This malware scan is a free online service that enables you to scan

suspicious files with several

Anti-virus programs.

After reviewing your site and are sure it's clean then you may

Request Reconsideration of Your Site.

You may also ask StopBadWare.org to review your website as they share

their reviews with google.com.

To request a review report from stopbadware.org,  Submit Your Request.

 

 

Last Updated on Saturday, 19 September 2009 22:07
 

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