We released the first installment of our Best Practices for Web Hosting Providers, “Responding to Badware Reports,” on March 15, 2011. Web hosting providers who pledge to follow the Practices can display the We Stop Badware^™ Web Host seal to demonstrate their commitment to protecting users. Learn how.

Download the best practices (PDF)

For a detailed introduction to the Practices, click through this step-by-step introduction:

Additional resources

• Legal white paper on web hosting provider liability for malicious content (PDF)
• Slide deck for presenting the Practices to management and assessing your environment’s readiness for implementing them (PPT)
• Flowchart that visually summarizes the Practices (also included in the main document as Appendix A): Vertical PDF or Horizontal PDF