Web watch
The warnings will be seen by anyone using the search engine who clicks on a link to a site identified as harmful by the Stop Badware coalition.
Google, PC maker Lenovo and Sun set up this initiative in January 2006 to identify dangerous software and the websites that try to trick people into installing these malicious programs.
DANGEROUS KEYWORDS
Free screensavers
Bearshare
Screensavers
Winmx
Limewire
Download Yahoo messenger
Lime wire
Free ringtones
Initially the warnings seen via the search site will be generic and simply alert people to the fact that a site has been flagged as dangerous. Eventually the warnings will become more detailed as Stop Badware researchers visit harmful sites and analyse how they try to subvert users' machines.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/technology/5251742.stm
Published: 2006/08/07 08:59:13 GMT
[Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on August 8, 2006]
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Google Warns On 'unsafe' Websites
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With the enormous revenue they are generating through advertising, can they be trusted to remain neutral? <br />
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After all, this is a company that was more than happy for a few bucks to use their censorship filters in China<br />
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<a href="http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060125-072617">http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060125-072617</a> <br />
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Don't be evil...
Seems that everyone is getting in on the act?
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