Malicious Software Sucks!

Malicious Malware Hazards

Why do people write Malicious programs? Many times it is written as a curiosity, experiments or even simple pranks. However the most common use is for profit. The evil black hat programs what to hide their software, and let it run in the background, without being noticed. Then it can steal personal or corporate information, social security numbers, bank account numbers and much more.

No individual or company is 100% safe. It can be loaded onto computers, servers, and even firewalls themselves. There are a few reputable, software companies that sell removal and protections software. But your vigilance is the best resource you have. Keep all software updated, only buy or download software from a known entity or someone you trust.

Google’s Chrome Browser

Malware alerts from the Chrome browser have been driving webmasters crazy lately. A few even verbally attacked Matt Cutts. Matt response is as follows; “Just to summarize: Chrome’s warning is correct. If your blog is hacked and injecting a malicious I would recommend taking your blog down until you can fix the hack and remove the malware. If you verify dvorak.org at http://google.com/webmasters/ then we’ll show you the details we know about the malicious code. Google we recently published a website to help site owners recover from a hacked site: http://www.google.com/webmasters/hacked/ When you think the site is clean, you can file an appeal at http://google.com/webmasters for your hacked site and we’ll rescan it for malware. When it’s clean, we’ll remove the warning in Chrome.”

In Conclusion

All types of Malicious programs are a hazard, there is almost no honorable reason to write code that works in the background and steals financial information, knowledge, or intellectual property.

If your site does get hacked, or is found to have any Malicious programs simply go to http://www.google.com/webmasters/hacked/ There you will find information how to clean it up.

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