Badware blacklist comes into force at Google

Search engine starts flagging suspect sites.

Search goliath

Google

has begun using a blacklist supplied by the


Stop Badware Coalition


to warn its users about sites known to be carrying malicious material.

Clicking on a search link to a site on the badlist will take users to a warning page featuring a link to the

Stop Badware

website, along with the option to carry on into danger. Future plans include expanding the warning page to include more detailed information on the threats involved.

Read more at

ZDNet

.

Posted on 08 August 2006 by

Virus Bulletin