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How to know if script is malicious

How is a newbie without any Javascript knowledge like myself, supposed to detect anything malicious in a script?
Are there some basic key code bits you can inform us to look for?
Do we just rely on this forum to investigate and report?
But what if I already installed a script that no one has noticed anything malicious?
Will an automated system be enough to block anything malicious?

An automated system for detection would help, but would by no means stop everything--only obvious stuff. Search the script for stuff like "cookie" or stuff about Facebook when the script shouldn't have anything to do with Facebook. The best way is to have someone knowledgeable review the code.

Maybe in USO ?
Spam and malware

Thanks for all responses!

decembre
Thanks for the links decembre I will read through it later. Seems helpful.

Seems to be CletusC but it would clog the forum with many users needing help.

Jason you would need to pull in several moderators to just handle all the help needed for detecting malicious scripts I would think.