Everyone knows that surfing the web can/is/will always be a dangerous thing to do. As a systems engineer/administrator we always have the task of protecting end users who are educated on the security risks and the end users who have no clue at all. No matter how much knowledge you have as an end user you can always get hit by doing something very innocent on the Internet. But what can be done to help prevent this? For myself, I registered with the elite group over at MalwareURL and started importing their database into my firewall. Now this does not protect me 100% but it sure helps to say the least. To date they have 33,944 domains listed and 8,787 IP addresses listed.
Here are the two best reasons to check out MalwareURL. First of all, you can use their information to infect a virtual/physical machine to practice clearing out nasty little bugs and teaching yourself how to reverse engineer problems. Just remember to infect a test machine, not a production box. Second, you can also report any sites you find that are not listed yet. This helps build the database and the best way for us to protect ourselves is to share information with each other.
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12. May 2010 at 19:36
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