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Thursday, August 31, 2006

SiteAdvisor lists tomcoyote.org as bad

...whoops.

In case you didn't know, Tomcoyote.org is an awesome security site that has been in the "get this crap off my PC now!!!" game for a long time. Sadly, because of some incorrect scores on the doors, they've had a bit of a pasting where Site Advisor is concerned.

Whoops the first
Whoops the second

Bad marks all round - oh dear.

I've felt the sting from Site Advisor previously, and it's not a particularly pleasant situation to be in. Of course, I got it sorted out in the end but it's still a pain in the jacksie I'd rather not have to deal with. Dknoppix, MalwareBytes, Cexx, Bluetack, Lavasoft Support and Spamhuntress are currently listed as Red (unsafe) - meanwhile, perfectly nasty sites such as Gromozon were listed as Green until recently. Will we be seeing more security and support sites given a taste of the beatdown stick?

I hope not.

/ Update - A Site Advisor guy just posted on the Bluetack and TomCoyote pages:

We have analyzed this site and determined that the red downloads are not directly sponsored by the site.

Expect to see this site turn green in the coming weeks.

Woot! Now, how about fixing the rest of the sites too guys?

(Thanks to Nick for the TomCoyote heads-up).

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