Comments on: Developing/Browsing Your Website when its still blacklisted by Google Safe Browsing

By: Bijay Rungta aka @rungss

Bijay Rungta aka @rungss — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:36:55 +0000

Rohit,

Like other Readers of this Post you too seem to be missing the text "Developing" and "Your Website"

Once you have removed the malicious code from your own Website you know there is no risk, while it will take some time before Google Safe Browsing white lists your Website.

But You need to keep working on your own Website and make changes perhaps...

Now, every time you visit your own site you are presented with the Safe Browsing message.

I needed to disable it myself when trying to fix and keep working o one of my Websites.

By: Rohit Sane

Rohit Sane — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:00:03 +0000

Good info, but I still believe that we can wait for some time for Google to white-list the website again rather than making a hasty decision of visiting a black listed website. Remember, it may also contain malware. Prevention is better than cure!

By: rungss

rungss — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:36:55 +0000

By: Rohit Sane

Rohit Sane — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:00:03 +0000

By: sunnyluthra

sunnyluthra — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:06:11 +0000

ya actually most of the time anti-virus fail to restrict them to infect our system and then our sites as well by injecting some malware code in our html or php files by using FTP credentials, but as you are using Linux and SFTP as well so no worries for you.. unfortunately i am still on windows not getting enough time for a linux shift.

P.S
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By: rungss

rungss — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:38:39 +0000

@Sunny

Not exactly..

It will only open room for your System being infected by the virus if all other precautions(Like Anti Virus in your System) too fail.

This doesn't directly affects your Other Sites.

Ofcourse you need to be careful and re-enable SafeBrowsing when done.

For me as I use Linux, The chances of my System getting infected is not much.

Besides I take other Measures for Security like connecting using SFTP instead of Plain FTP and also having robust Passwords and not writing them down anywhere..

I will post the Best Practices for Passwords soon..

I have already written it but haven't had the time to Post..

Cheers,
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By: sunnyluthra

sunnyluthra — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:17:46 +0000

well i think its not a good idea, by doing this you are actually allowing that malware to attack your other sites too..