Search Features > Search Features: Safety
May. 12, 2008 at 8:20am by Barry Schwartz
Yahoo Labels Google As Malware? No, Yahoo URL Mix Up
Google Is A Malware Site (Says Yahoo) from TechCrunch reports a funny bug at Yahoo, that accidently made it look like Google's home page had Malware on it, based on the Yahoo SearchScan feature that was recently launched. A search for Astalavista at Yahoo returned, what appeared to be a...
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May. 6, 2008 at 12:00am by Vanessa Fox
Yahoo Adds SearchScan Alerts to "Risky" Search Results
Yahoo Search has begun a partnership with McAfee, Inc. to provide SearchScan, which uses McAfee's SiteAdvisor technology to flag URLs it deems "risky" in the search results. Results are flagged with the type of danger below the title. This new feature is primarily aimed at preventing spyware and other...
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Nov. 30, 2007 at 9:20am by Barry Schwartz
Google Adds Report Malicious Software Form
In the aftermath of the major malware attack that hit search results, the Google Online Security Blog announced the launch of a new form to report malware software showing up in Google results....
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Nov. 28, 2007 at 8:57am by Barry Schwartz
Malware Hits Search Results -- Google's Malware Warnings Not Working?
Subverted search sites lead to massive malware attack in progress from ComputerWorld reports that Google, along with Yahoo, Live Search have been targeted in a massive attack that puts links leading to malware sites into top search results. Alex Eckelberry, Sunbelt Software's CEO said "So far we've found 27 different...
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May. 17, 2007 at 10:13am by Barry Schwartz
Searching For An Adult Topic? You'll Have To Prove Your Age To Google Korea
Google Korea to censor search results from InfoWorld reports that Google Korea -- like other search engines in the country -- will require people to prove their age in order to get back unfiltered results for certain searches....
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Jan. 23, 2007 at 9:15am by Barry Schwartz
Google Takes Action To 'Strip' Confidential Information From Google Blacklist
Vnunet reports that Google has admitted to the leak of passwords via the Google Blacklist. But Google has also issued a statement saying that they "procedures have been put in place to strip login information from future submissions." As I noted yesterday, this is not the first time confidential information...
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Jan. 22, 2007 at 9:08am by Barry Schwartz
Google's Blacklist Of Phishing Sites Contained Bank Information & More Confidential Details
Google Blacklist Contained Confidential Information at Techcrunch reports that Google's phishing blacklist, which is publicly available for anyone to see, had confidential information enclosed. Such information included "usernames and passwords of individuals, including credentials for accounts at banks and other financial institutions." Google has quietly removed the information that may...
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Jan. 20, 2007 at 3:26pm by Danny Sullivan
Google & Firefox 2 Anti-Phishing Warning In Action
Last month, I covered a number of ways that browsers and search engines are working together to protect surfers from phishing sites. These are sites pretending to be run by someone else, such as bank, in hopes of catching your personal log-in information. This week while doing my banking, I...
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Dec. 12, 2006 at 10:09am by Danny Sullivan
AOL Has "Safest" Results & Free Results Safer Than Paid
A new survey from McAfee finds that AOL has the "safest" search results in terms of not listing sites that might be somehow be risky or unsafe for searchers. But most interesting to me was the fact paid results across the board were found far riskier than free, organic results....
