November 29th, 2007
Google looking for anti-malware help
In the wake of this week’s barrage of malware sites poisoning Google results, the search engine giant is asking the public for help reporting malicious Web sites.
On the official Google security blog, staff engineer Niels Provos pleads:
Currently, we know of hundreds of thousands of websites that attempt to infect people’s computers with malware. Unfortunately, we also know that there are more malware sites out there. This is where we need your help in filling in the gaps. If you come across a site that is hosting malware, we now have an easy way for you to let us know about it. If you come across a site that is hosting malware, please fill out this short form. Help us keep the internet safe, and report sites that distribute malware.
Google’s anti-malware team is involved in an effort to identify all web pages on the Internet that could potentially be malicious.
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