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NSFOCUS, our newest data provider

We are pleased to welcome Chinese security firm NSFOCUS as a new data provider! NSFOCUS joins Google and Sunbelt Software in feeding our Badware Website Clearinghouse with updated information about URLs they have discovered to be bad. Like all of … Continue reading

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Google’s new stance on China raises interesting badware questions

Everyone is talking about Google’s latest move with regard to China and there is a possibility they will pull out of the country. If that were to occur there is the possibility that China will begin blocking Google from within … Continue reading

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China restricts registration of .cn names

The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) announced new rules a few days ago that are intended to "enhance the authenticity, accuracy, and integrality [sic] of the domain name registration information." These rules require applicants for .cn domain names to … Continue reading

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Prominent Chinese site flagged for badware

It was reported today that a website of the official newspaper of the Chinese government, The People’s Daily, was flagged for malware by Google. The paper apparently complained that Google was maliciously flagging the site due to the paper’s criticism … Continue reading

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China’s Green Dam is badware and so much more

StopBadware assisted the Open Net Initiative in evaluating China’s Green Dam filtering software, which the Chinese government recently mandated be installed on every new PC in the country. The software violates our guidelines due to a lack of disclosure about … Continue reading

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China has a whole lot of Internet users

According to “a story at Wired.com”:http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_INTERNET_BOOM?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-07-25-02-43-59, Internet use in China is soaring: bq. China’s booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world’s biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to … Continue reading

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China Hosts Majority of Badware Sites

StopBadware.org today released a “report”:http://www.stopbadware.org/pdfs/StopBadware_Infected_Sites_Report_062408.pdf analyzing over 200,000 sites reported by Google as exhibiting badware behavior. !http://blogs.stopbadware.org/files/BadwareSitesMay2008.jpg! See the “press release”:http://www.stopbadware.org/home/pr_062408 and/or the “report”:http://www.stopbadware.org/pdfs/StopBadware_Infected_Sites_Report_062408.pdf for more information. We attempted to contact the owners of the top 10 infected network blocks … Continue reading

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