Firefox plugin decodes malicious Web sites

Pedro · Apr 15, 2010

A computer security researcher has released a plugin for Firefox that provides a wealth of data on Web sites that may have been compromised with malicious code.

The plugin, called Fireshark, was released on Wednesday at the Black Hat conference. The open-source free tool is designed to address the shortcomings in other programs used to analyze malicious Web sites, said Stephan Chenette, a principal security researcher at Websense, which lets Chenette develop Fireshark in the course of his job.

Hackers often target legitimate Web sites with code that can either infect a machine with malicious software or redirect a user to a bad Web page.

Websense specializes in detecting Web pages that have been infected, as many site administrators don't know that their sites are harmful to visitors or have difficulty reverse-engineering malicious code. Fireshark will "show you the exact details of a mass compromise," Chenette said.
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http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/firefox-plugin-decodes-malicious-web-sites-815

Note: Fireshark is meant for an experienced security researcher or enthusiast. Please take the proper precautions to make sure firesheark is running either in a virtualized environment or in an environment that doesn't effect the system permanently such as deepfreeze.
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http://fireshark.org/

This is not an addon for regular users, looking for a substitute for Linkscanner, WOT or SiteAdvisor, or anything like that.
This is mostly for research purposes, for someone who knows what he's doing, or someone learning - and taking precautions.
I guess this is a Disclaimer!

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