[fyodor at insecure.org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmapwith malware!]

William Allen Simpson william.allen.simpson at gmail.com
Tue Dec 6 17:34:31 UTC 2011


On 12/6/11 12:00 PM, Eric Tykwinski wrote:
> Maybe it's just me, but I would think that simply getting them listed on
> stopbadware.org and other similar sites would probably have much more of an
> effect.
> The bad publicity can cause them to change tactics, but it takes some time.
> I've seen much quicker results from blacklisting on Google and other search
> engines.
>
I've reported it as a malware site via Firefox.  Have you?

But the whole site should be scanned for other/similar malware, and blocked
accordingly.  Probably a harder problem, as it gives different downloads
depending on browser and OS.




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