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Posted by cYph3r on August 8, 2006, 7:44 pm
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In googles defense they announced several months ago that they were
looking into doing something like this. Thats why they were one of the
investors in the stopbadware group.
cYph3r
http://www.securitydiscussions.com
Virus Guy wrote:
> This is what I said Google should be doing months ago.
>
> See also:
>
> http://www.stopbadware.org/
>
> "If there are sites and applications you'd like us to check out before
> you use them, let us know here: http://www.stopbadware.org/home/story"
>
> ----------------------------
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5251742.stm
>
> Google has started warning users if they are about to visit a webpage
> that could harm their computer. The warning will pop up if users click
> on a link to a page known to host spyware or other malicious programs.
>
> The initiative comes out of a larger project cataloguing programs that
> plague people with unwanted ads, spy on web habits or steal personal
> data.
>
> Google is one of several companies trying to act as an "in-flight
> adviser" to ensure people stay safe online.
>
> 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
> 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.
>
> The warning suggests that people try a different site but if they want
> to continue to the potentially dangerous webpage Google will not stop
> them.
>
> A research report released in May 2006 looked at the safety of the
> results returned by a search and found that, on average, 4-6% of the
> sites had harmful content on them.
>
> For some keywords, such as "free screensavers" the number of
> potentially dangerous sites leapt to 64%.
>
> The keywords are used to entice people to access the website.
>
> The research report was partly sponsored by McAfee's SiteAdvisor which
> also warns people when they are about to visit potentially harmful
> sites.
>
> Another company ScanSafe has also created the Scandoo search engine
> which overlays its warnings on results produced via Google and MSN.
>
> "Most dodgy websites that have spyware or are infected with viruses
> come through search," said Eldar Tuvey, chief executive of ScanSafe.
> "Because they are the ones that people do not know as well and find
> through searching."
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