Monthly Archives: November 2010

Proposed bill would slam pirates, ignore malware

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Maxim Weinstein

Ars Technica reported yesterday on proposed U.S. legislation, called the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA). One of the primary purposes of this bill is to provide a legal mechanism for interfering with the operation of a website that … Continue reading →

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StopBadware increases focus on web hosting providers

Posted on November 16, 2010 by ccondon

StopBadware’s activities have long been focused, in large part, on badware websites, their owners, and the companies—such as our partners Google and Mozilla—who warn users away from these sites. And we’ve recognized from an early stage that web hosting providers … Continue reading →

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The challenges of counting badware sites

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Maxim Weinstein

Like many folks who are trying to fight badware, we often find ourselves trying to quantify the problem. How many badware websites are there? How many are hosted by a particular IP address, or a specific AS, or a given … Continue reading →

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