Identifying Compromised Websites

linuxwrangler writes "'An infectious disease broke out recently in a number of communities. We'd like to tell which communities they were, just in case you were visiting one at the time, but we can't. It would be bad for business, after all.' Thus begins an interesting column in InfoWorld's Gripe Line in which Ed Foster discusses the astonishing secrecy surrounding the identity of the sites that were compromised by Scob/Download.ject and spreading malicious code to their visitors. As Foster notes, when food-poisoning is traced to a store or restaurant the health-department makes every effort to inform those who may be affected. Shouldn't we demand the same when a business's server poisons our computer?"

Comments

Re:Annoying?

[MightyYar]

Now you are just being silly. I never said you don't need money in Western society. I said that life (or health if you prefer) is an order of magnitude more important than a computer virus - even if said virus is used to commit robbery. I don't disagree with the article submitter's point, just with his alarmist analogy. To date, no one has died from a computer virus AFAIK. Food poisoning outbreaks almost always end up killing a few.

Besides, you can always live in a cardboard box. :)

Re:It wasn't the restaurant, it was the customers.

[Lehk228]

any reader who isn't running a properly protected computer


you mean a non-iexplode.exe web browser?

Re:Of course

[dave420]

I hate to say it, but it's your fault for not blowing his head clear across the street, with your new NRA-endorsed Magnum "Thief Fucker" handgun. As we say at the clubhouse, "GUNS FOR BABIES! SHOOT BLACK PEOPLE! I LOVE THE KLAN! FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!" etc.

this was a joke, btw. hehehe