Google asks for help finding malicious Web sites

[ronjor]

-{ Quote: " San Francisco - Google is asking everyday Web surfers to help with its efforts to stamp out malicious Web sites.

The company has created an online form designed to make it easy for people to report sites they suspect of hosting malicious code. It's the latest step by Google to expand its database of the bad Web sites it knows about, as those sites continue to proliferate." }-Article (http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071130/tc_infoworld/93756)

[ccsito]

-{ Quote: "Article (http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071130/tc_infoworld/93756)" }-
LOL. Why would they want to do that and lose the referral fees? ;)

[clambermatic]

i think Google is building up their image. And besides they too need the public's in this particular area coz the web was too vast for them to police by their own.

Speaking of 'preemptive' defense against malicious sites, "SiteAdvisor" by mcAfee is an excellent plugin... available in 2 major flavours - IE's & the beloved fireFox.

Here is the main site's link ~ http://www.siteadvisor.com/

Pretty effective, ;) and footprint is minimal for such a good preemptive warning tool!