Ex-Googlers Strike Back

Earlier this week, ex-Googlers Neil Daswani and Shariq Rizvi teamed up with Ameet Ranadive to launch Dasient, a service that protects web sites against against blacklisting and web-based malware.

Timely launch, in light of this week's Nine-Ball outbreak. (You can take a look at Thursday's post for more information about that infection.)

Google, and others, blacklist web-sites suspected of carrying infected code. The Dasient service will let you know if your site has been blacklisted and scan it for the malware that may have been loaded onto your site.

A blacklisted web site can be a killer, especially if you rely on e-commerce for your bread and butter. Once a site is placed on Google's blacklist, it can be pretty tough to get a clean bill of health.

That's where Dasient comes in. They offer a free service that will tell you if you've achieved blacklisting fame, and a paid subscription service ($49.95/month) that will track down and quarantine malicious code.