Website content regulation

A computer comprising a processor and a memory arranged in use to be coupled to the Internet and being configured to:

• receive user generated content submitted over the Internet;
• generate a web page or web pages containing said content;
• and
• include in the web page source code, a detection code segment or a link from which a detection code segment is downloaded,
• said detection code segment being executable by a web browser or web browser plug in to scan the web page(s), or cause the web page(s) to be scanned, for suspect and/or malicious links.

A method of identifying suspect and/or malicious hyperlinks in a web page downloaded to a client terminal, the method comprising:

• at the client terminal, identifying hyperlinks within the web page source code;
• inspecting a database of suspect and/or malicious URLs to determine whether any identified hyperlinks contain suspect and/or malicious URLs;
• and
• if it is determined that an identified hyperlink does contain a suspect and/or malicious URLs, modifying the webpage in accordance with a defined policy;
• wherein the web page source code contains a detection code segment and the client terminal executes the code segment to cause the recited steps to be performed.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program which when run on a computer, causes the computer to:

• identify hyperlinks within a web page source code;
• extract from the web page source code a detection code segment or a link from which a detection code segment can be downloaded;
• inspect a database of suspect and/or malicious URLs to determine whether any identified hyperlinks contain suspect and/or malicious URLs;
• and
• if it is determined that an identified hyperlink does contain a suspect and/or malicious URLs, to modify the webpage in accordance with a defined policy;
• wherein the computer is arranged to execute the detection code segment to perform the above recited steps.