Detecting malicious websites

[Knapp]

You said it was your site but your machine was not infected? How did
you get hacked? Was this your local machine or do you use a host? How
where they hacked and what are you going to do about that!!

On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 5:24 AM, Ryan Gauger <rtgkid at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry for being a little off-topic, but I think you gave just about enough
> information. It is very difficult to detect these malicious websites without
> an anti-malware app, and it is advertised for Linux that there is no need
> for this type of software, because Linux/Kubuntu doesn't get viruses. I have
> accidentally visited several malicious websites on Windows 7, so that is the
> main reason I decided to stick with Ubuntu. Thanks!
>
>
> On May 11, 2012, at 9:53 PM, "Richard S. Crawford" <richard at underpope.com>
> wrote:
>
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>>
>> On 12/05/12 11:30, Richard S. Crawford wrote:
>>>
>>> This morning one of my personal sites was hacked and malicious code
>>> inserted into the index file. I only found out because my mother went to the
>>> site and her computer was compromised. I did not discover this myself
>>> because I obviously don't run any anti-malware software on my computer.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to detect malicious websites while running Kubuntu? My
>>> browser of choice, if it matters, is Chrome.
>>
>>
>> Your post is sending mixed messages about the situation. It seems that you
>> are using Kubuntu and Chrome but you say nothing about what your mother is
>> running and in what way was she "compromised". Overall, are you asking about
>> how to detect malicious sites on YOUR Kubuntu/Chrome or asking how your
>> "personal sites" (and what do you really mean by this? sites which you have
>> setup or simply those which you personally use?).
>
>
> Sorry, I should have been more clear.
>
> My mother reported the infected site to me this morning. She was at work,
> where she runs IE on XP (no choice there). She browsed to my site, and
> Norton popped up a warning about three separate trojans. Apparently, in
> spite of Norton, her computer was compromised -- infected with malware --
> anyway.
>
> When I browsed to my site to investigate nothing popped up -- because, of
> course, I am not running Norton.
>
>
>>
>>
>> While I cannot say what is available to detect malicious sites using
>> Chrome but if you were using Firefox then you would find Add-ons
>> (Extensions) which do give you protection against malicious sites and this
>> besides the setting in FF Preferences, in the Security part, which will
>> advise you when you hit a malicious site.
>>
>> BC
>>
>>
>>
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