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CastleCops was a volunteer security community focused on making the Internet a safer place. All services to the public were free, including malware and rootkit cleanup of infected computers, malware and phish investigations and terminations, and searchable database lists of malware and file hashes.

Education and collaborative information sharing were among CastleCops highest priorities. They had been achieved by training the volunteer staff in their anti-malware, phishing, and rootkit academies and through additional services including CastleCops forums, news, reviews, and continuing education.

CastleCops consistently worked with industry experts and law enforcement to reach their ultimate goal in securing a safe and smart computing experience for everyone online. CastleCops reached its five year anniversary in February 2007 with accolades from well-known computer security industry pundits and players:

However, as of December 24th, 2008, the CastleCops Website announces that "All things come to an end" and that Castlecops has ceased to exist, for an as yet undetermined reason.

NOTE: the CastleCops "malware databases", well known in security circles, were already moved to Systemlookup.com before the demise of the main site.

Notable members

Dave Kleiman

External links

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 However, as of December 24th, 2008, the CastleCops Website announces that "All things come to an end" and that Castlecops has ceased to exist, for an as yet undetermined reason.
+NOTE: the CastleCops "malware databases", well known in security circles,  were already moved to [http://www.systemlookup.com/lists.php Systemlookup.com] before the demise of the main site.
 == Notable members ==