Google Offers Malware Warnings in Search Results
By Angsuman Chakraborty, Gaea News NetworkMonday, August 7, 2006
Google has teamed up with an anti-malware organisation, Stop Badware Coalition (StopBadware.org) to offer warnings when search results might otherwise lead surfers to sites hosting malicious code.
Google is using data from the Stop Badware Coalition to display warnings about potentially harmful sites. Google hopes to provide users with a safer searching experience.
StopBadware.org was launched in January by Harvard University’s Berkman Centre and the Oxford Internet Institute with an aim to establish a neighbourhood watch-style scheme.
Internet users can check the site to see if programs they encounter are potentially damaging. They can also report suspicious sites to StopBadware.org.
StopBadware is sponsored by Google, Lenovo and Sun Microsystems. via Register
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