How To Ask Google to Remove the Malicious Warning

Your company homepage had been injected by malicious code designed to install on a users browser when someone visits your homepage. Google and other search engines have listed your website as dangerous. And people visiting your website are having their computers' browsers, spam blockers and anti-virus applications throwing up warnings.

Your online business is toast.

And now you are open to liability. If anyone had recently visited your company website and can prove your website infected their system then you might be help liable.

Maybe your small business has hundreds or computers across multiple locations. Now you will have to worry if any of these computers have been infected. And in some cases the only way to make 100% that the infection has been removed is to do a complete system reinstall of the operating system.

Types of Infection

Most types of these infections are activated by link that launches when an infected website is visited and designed to unpack a Java Script and run a 'Password Key Encryptor' on the hosts' website browser.

So the next question you might ask yourself is; 'how in the heck did this happen! This type of infection can happen for the following reasons;

1) Direct server hacking into your hosting server.
2) Someone working on your website using an infected machine and/or browser.
3) Vulnerable scripts (old scripts) on your web server
4) Unauthorized use or compromise of your website passwords.
5) Weak or easy to guess usernames and passwords.
6) Using an unreliable hosting company (you pay for what you get)
7) Failing to update or administrate your dedicated server software.

If your website becomes infected you need to take steps quickly to remove the malicious code. Find a web professional to analyze all your website files, folder and any online assets connected to your website.

Once your website has been cleaned and repaired then your webmaster should requested a malware review via Google webmaster tools. You will need a Google webmaster account to do this.

Steps to preventing future infection of your website

Protect the access to your website. This means guarding the FTP, RDP or VPN passwords used to upload content to the site and the local computers used to upload content to the site.

Do not trust just anyone to work on your website. Make sure you hire a professional who has the right references and reputation to get the job done right.

Hackers are always looking old, out-of-date and other vulnerable software problems to exploit so they can hack your website files.

Computers are important because an unprotected computer could be infected with a virus that is stealing your usernames and passwords, passing these on to hacker(s).

Protect your web site

If you use any web development software such as Word Press, Joomla, Dot Net Nuke, Drupal, Magento and other third party software, scripts...) you must be sure to install any required updates or new versions containing the latest security fixes.

Remove any files, folders, scripts, other digital assets that you are no longer using. Change any testing passwords that came with the software you are using such as ( admin/ admin ).

Use a strong password that is difficult to guess and change it occasionally, especially if you have reason to think it has been compromised by a hacker or other intrusion.

About the Author
http://www.visionefx.net - Visionefx President Ricardo Vidallon has been in the creative business of advertising, cable broadcast, animation and the World Wide Web for more than two decades. His work has been featured on the Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc., Fox News and NBC Entertainment. His career track in Web consultancy includes the global companies of Reynolds and Reynolds, CMGI Solutions, and Automark, Inc.