| Google Steps Up Its Effort To Identify Malicious Pages
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engine
msg:3576744 | 6:45 pm on Feb 16, 2008 (gmt 0) |
In response, Google has stepped up its game. One of the reasons it has been scouring the Web for malicious pages is so that it can identify drive-by-download sites and warn Google searchers before they visit them. Nowadays about 1.3 percent of all Google search queries list malicious results somewhere on the first few pages.
It turns out the Web's nice neighborhoods aren't necessarily safer than its red-light districts. "We looked into this and indeed we found that if you ended up going to adult-oriented pages, your risk of being exposed [to malicious software] was slightly higher," he said. But "there really wasn't a huge difference."
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Google Steps Up Its Effort To Identify Malicious Pages [news.yahoo.com]
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tedster
msg:3576757 | 7:13 pm on Feb 16, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Here's a related thread:
"This site may harm your computer" [webmasterworld.com]
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walrus
msg:3577401 | 10:31 pm on Feb 17, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Good news, I would suggest any advanced developers send any insights or ideas they might have to Google just in case they might help as it benefits all.
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