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Live Search Updates Webmaster Center With Malware Sniffer
SecurityProNews
Staff Writer
2008-11-26
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Worried about the possibility part of your website has been hijacked by malicious hackers without you knowing it? It happens sometimes, and sometimes a webmaster can link out to a site with undiscovered malicious code.
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Though playing some catch-up with the other search engines, Live Search updated its Webmaster Center this week to include what's been called a "malware sniffer." Plus, it's free.
Google and Yahoo both have been vigilant lately about identifying dangerous websites. Google allows a person to proceed from the search results only after a clear warning has been issued. Yahoo scans all the pages in its index as well.
Microsoft is following suit by disabling links appearing its search results Live Search identifies as containing malware and often removes those dangerous sites from the index. For any website owner, demotion or ejection from search results is, to say the least, counterproductive. It's worse if your site gets a sudden reputation for hosting viruses.
Live Search's Webmaster Center is pretty comprehensive when it comes to diagnosing problems with a website. The latest addition-comprehensive malware detection-is a welcome one.
The update includes:
Detection of malware present on all webpages or on pages linked to from those pages, all of which are disabled and flagged in the search results.
Downloadable reports detailing which pages are affected and advice on how to fix it and be reincluded in the index.
Indeed, if malware is detected, a reinclusion request to all of the search engines is likely necessary to speed up the process.
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