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If you own or manage a website, you are responsible for that website’s security. Compromised websites can infect visitors with badware, and are commonly blacklisted by search engines, web browsers, and security vendors.
Many legitimate websites are the targets of malicious hacking attacks, during which code linking directly to badware is inserted onto an otherwise innocent, but poorly secured, website. Another common way that legitimate sites are compromised is through third-party content such as the ads provided by an advertising network, which can be used as vectors for the distribution of badware.
Several resources to help you learn how to remove badware from compromised websites and secure your sites against future attacks.
- Security Tips page is a great place to start. Learn about common attack techniques and how to detect them on your site.
- online discussion group is available for you to ask questions if you need additional help, or to discuss website security maintenance with other website owners.
- If your site has been flagged by Google, check Google’s diagnostics page for your site for more information about the badware that Google detected on your site.
If your site was flagged by Google and you’re sure that the site is now clean, you can file a Request for Review with StopBadware. You can follow the progress of your review by searching for your site in our Clearinghouse. You can also submit a review request directly to Google by logging in to Google Webmaster Tools as a verified site owner.
Website Guidelines
The idea in these categorizations is to identify sites contributing to the badware problem, either intentionally or through scandalously inadequate hosting practices, while allowing sites that aggregate third party links and programs not to be unduly blamed when some bad links or software gets through a decently-designed net.
I. In General
A website is a badware website if it hosts or distributes badware and doesn’t meet one of the exceptions described in Section II. This includes, but is not limited to, websites that do any of the following:
- Host or distribute badware directly on their site;
- Automatically redirect to a website that hosts or distributes badware;
- Link to executable files that are badware, whether hosted on their site or another site;
- Link to another website that automatically attempts to install badware by exploit onto the user’s computer;
- Cause the browser to automatically load code from another site that then attempts to install badware on the user’s computer;
- Contain substantial links (either in nature or number) to other website(s) that predominantly host or distribute badware.
II. Exceptions
Exceptions to the above website guidelines include, but are not limited to:
- Download repositories that have a demonstrated practice of detecting and removing badware entries;
- Sites or pages engaged in legitimate, non-profit badware research or education;
- Indexing sites that are automated and comprehensive.
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