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Hackers never stop to steal. They tend to create new tricks and spread it across the network to infect private computers. These, are called Trojan horse or malware.<\/p>\n

There are millions machines infected by malware or Trojan horse. FraudLabs Pro detects and highlights if the IP address has been infected by malware. An exploited machine can be controlled remotely to perform fraud transactions without leaving a trace.<\/p>\n

How to prevent sensitive information being spy by malware and protect your browsers against exploit attacks?<\/p>\n

How to configure malware exploit validation?<\/h3>\n
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    1. Login to the FraudLabs Pro Merchant Control Panel<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    2. Click on the Rules<\/strong> then click Add Rule<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    3. Select Visitor IP<\/strong> Equal to<\/strong> Malware Exploit IP <\/strong>for the Rule<\/b> field and select the Action<\/strong> you want.\"Visitor<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. Then, click Save<\/strong> and you are done.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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      Ready to start with FraudLabs Pro?<\/h2>\n

      Get Micro plan for free, you can quickly explore and integrate with our fraud prevention solution in minutes.<\/p>\n

      Sign Up Free<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Hackers never stop to steal. They tend to create new tricks and spread it across the network to infect private […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[443],"doc_tag":[305,306,307,308,309,310,311,312,313,314],"class_list":["post-6917","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-ip-and-geolocation","doc_tag-fraud-detection","doc_tag-fraud-prevention","doc_tag-fraudlabspro","doc_tag-iovation","doc_tag-maxmind","doc_tag-reduce-chargebacks","doc_tag-riskified","doc_tag-sift-science","doc_tag-signifyd","doc_tag-whmcs"],"year_month":"2026-06","word_count":156,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"Chris","author_nicename":"chris","author_url":"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/author\/chris\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"IP & Geolocation","term_url":"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/categories\/fraud-rules-and-validation\/ip-and-geolocation\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[{"term_name":"fraud detection","term_url":"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/tutorials-tag\/fraud-detection\/"},{"term_name":"fraud prevention","term_url":"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/tutorials-tag\/fraud-prevention\/"},{"term_name":"fraudlabspro","term_url":"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/tutorials-tag\/fraudlabspro\/"},{"term_name":"iovation","term_url":"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/tutorials-tag\/iovation\/"},{"term_name":"maxmind","term_url":"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/tutorials-tag\/maxmind\/"},{"term_name":"reduce chargebacks","term_url":"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/tutorials-tag\/reduce-chargebacks\/"},{"term_name":"riskified","term_url":"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/tutorials-tag\/riskified\/"},{"term_name":"sift science","term_url":"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/tutorials-tag\/sift-science\/"},{"term_name":"signifyd","term_url":"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/tutorials-tag\/signifyd\/"},{"term_name":"whmcs","term_url":"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/tutorials-tag\/whmcs\/"}],"yoast_head":"\nWhat is malware exploit validation? 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