The Best Blacklist Protection—Symantec Website Security

Search engines, the heart of the internet, reserve the right to blacklist websites. Blacklisting can mean that a company does not show in search results or that a warning is given if a user clicks on a blacklisted website. Websites become blacklisted for a variety of reasons. The two most frequent reasons are: Failing to meet search engine usage guidelines (i.e. overly aggressive search engine optimizations [SEO] that violate a search engine's terms of service) Websites being shown as a source of malware

The malware could be intentional (i.e. phishing, spoofed websites) or unintentional (i.e. website has been hacked or otherwise infected by a third party). A surefire way to get blacklisted is to harbor a website being infected with malware.

Blacklisting has a clear impact to a company's business in two ways:

• Potential loss of revenue
• Bad reputation for not investing in website security to protect the interests or/and financial information of their end customers

Getting off the blacklist however can be a time-consuming and involved process that can take up to an average of a week or more. The best approach with your customers is to ensure that their website is malware free and/or if it is affected that the issue be identified quickly and provide a solution that will address the problem.

Symantec has you and your client covered with anti-malware scanning solutions, such as our standalone GeoTrust Daily Anti-Malware Website Scan solution or our more comprehensive bundled solutions that includes industry-leading SSL, Daily Anti-Malware Website Scan, Vulnerability Assessment that can be found in Symantec's Secure Site Pro, Secure Site EV, and Secure Site Pro EV. 

Download the tools to get more information to help you sell:

• The Ongoing Malware Threat-How Malware Infects Websites and Harms Businesses, What You Can Do to Stop It

• GeoTrust Anti-Malware Scan Datasheet