Hi All,

I am one of the admins of HPR and I would like to address some of the points here.

We do not host any malware. If at any time you notice anything coming from our domain email me directly on admin at hacker public radio dot org.

Our comment system was overrun by spammers and scammers so it's possible the bad reputation came from there. When I started admining the site, I manually went through them all and now I approve all comments which has made them go away and has reduced our traffic by half. I think trend micro is scared of the word "hacker". Oddly enough I'm allowed to browse to the website but it's only when I go to the rss page does it give a warning.

As far as the comment from planckscnst goes, I'm not going to give any excuses for the audio quality. We are a podcast network where the members of the community can submit a show on any topic that "are of interest to hackers" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_(hobbyist). Some of the hosts start off a little rough but get find their feet as time goes on. It's on my list to put up a page of tips but a lot of becoming a podcaster is getting your own workflow sorted. Our focus is on content and we will not reject any show so long as it's audible.

The best way to get topics you like on air is to submit a show. It can be on any topic you like and as long or as short as you like.

Ken.

Apparently this domain hosts malware: http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/hackerpublicradio.org/comm...

In particular, "251 domains associated with openx malware, zeus, exploits and other nasties you don’t want on your network." [ref: http://www.malwaredomains.com/wordpress/?p=1340]

This may be incorrect though.

The first link you gave lists this as a "good site".

EDIT: sorry, I misread the information. The jury is apparently hotly deliberating yet.

Reading the comments, it looks like the "hacker" part is spooking some bean counters. I wouldn't worry about it.

No, one comment suggests that's the reason. In fact, the actual reason is that it's hosting open x malware.

I didn't say that the comments agreed with me. I said that's what I gathered from the comments, which say that one consumer security tool flagged the site, and one blacklist flagged the site.

I've added this to my podcatcher a few times over the years, but it keeps getting removed because the content is highly variable in quality both intellectually and aurally with a very low mean.

I do that with the TWiT podcasts because they're twice the length they should be and tiresome love-ins half the time.

Great... Listening on my iPad to the podcast on Craps and then I look at comments and see it is serving up malware?

BTW, longest podcast intro music ever and the guy speaking sounds like Seth Rogen

Trend Micro (Titanium) says this is a dangerous site.