Google has started to alert users who are clicking on search results pointing
to potentially dangerous websites.
The users who click on a link that leads to a site containing malware will be
diverted to a
special
Google page stating: "Warning – the site you are about to visit may harm
your computer!"
The page currently offers a link to the StopBadware.org website as well as
the actual website the user was trying to visit. Over time the warning page will
be expanded with a
more
detailed report.
The list of malware websites is supplied by the Stop Badware Coalition that
was founded last January by the
universities of Oxford and Harvard. The initiative is funded by IT vendors
including Google, Lenovo and Sun Microsystems.
"Hopefully this next step will bring us that much closer to fulfilling our
mission of providing people with reliable, objective information about
downloadable applications in order to help them make better choices,"
Stopbadware.org said in a blog posting.
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