It was Monday morning and I was on a call with a dozen others who are my peers. Each of us helps the small business owner with their businesses in one way or the other. It was at the end of the call and we were each sharing our websites and going over how to make little improvements here and there. Time was running out and there was just enough time for one more website review, I volunteered. As my site was coming up for all to see suddenly the screen turned a maroon red with an outline of a security officer with his hand stretched out and the words of"do not precede malware threat." I was too horrified to recall exactly what it said although there was more. I was concerned on being ruined plus humiliated that the people on the call had seen me vulnerable that I had spent hours.
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Keep see this control of your online assets - Nothing is worse than getting your livelihood in someone else's hands. Why take chances with something as important as your website?
Black and whitelists pathological-looking phrases based on which area they appear inside. (unknown/numeric parameters vs. known article bodies, remark bodies, etc.).
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