RE: Malicious web sites

["Joakim Aronius (QRA)" <joakim.aronius () era ericsson se>]

Begin with mailing the webmaster of the site. They probably don't even know that they are infected, and they should 
appreciate being informed.

Regards,
/Joakim Aronius
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Everyone has a right to be stupid. Some just abuse the privilege.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: VanMeter, John [SMTP:John.VanMeter () ost dot gov]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 3:28 PM
> To:   Incidents (E-mail); SECURITY-BASICS (E-mail)
> Subject:      Malicious web sites
>
> I had a user that was exposed to the JSCript/Seeker.e.Trojan after visiting
> a web site. The user wasn't infected since the browser and anti-virus
> software is up to date with patches and updates. 
>
> But what I would like to ask is.
>
> Does anyone know of a place were you can report web sites that are
> propagating viruses? You can go to emailabuse.org to report the use of
> electronic mail to advertise unethically, harass, annoy, or cause harm to
> the email recipient. 
>
> John van Meter
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