Google to warn users about "bad" websites
{{date|August 10, 2006}}
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[[Google]] is introducing warnings in its search results, notifying users about websites which are known to distribute "[[w:badware|badware]]", malicious software such as [[w:spyware|spyware]], deceptive [[w:adware|adware]], [[w:Computer virus|viruses]] and [[w:Trojan horse (computing)|trojans]] that disrupt the smooth running of computers. Google search users will be warned before they enter suspect websites: "The site you are about to visit may harm your computer!"

"To begin we'll only be identifying a small number of sites, but we'll be expanding our coverage over time," the company said. "Finding new and better ways to protect our users is a perpetual project, and we'll continue to work hard in this area." 

Google, along with [[w:Lenovo Group|Lenovo]] and [[w:Sun Microsystems|Sun Microsystems]], has sponsored StopBadware project, in which researchers from [[w:Harvard University|Harvard]] and [[w:University of Oxford|Oxford]] universities are creating a clearinghouse for information on spyware and other malicious software and the ways they are disseminated. 

[[w:Jonathan Zittrain|Jonathan Zittrain]], a Harvard and Oxford professor involved with StopBadware, said the project may one day release lists of suspect sites still under investigation, but would most likely do so for everyone and not just sponsors like Google.

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==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/09/tech/main1880731.shtml
|title=Google Declares War On Badware
|author=[[Associated Press|AP]]
|pub=CBS News
|date=August 10, 2006
}}
*{{source|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3759402a28,00.html
|title=New 'neighbourhood watch' for Google search
|author=Lousia Hearn
|pub=The Sydney Morning Herald
|date=August 9, 2006
}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2006/08/07/badware-google.html
|title=Beware badware, Google warns
|author=
|pub=CBC
|date=August 7, 2006
}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.stopbadware.org StopBadware project]

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Google is introducing warnings in its search results, notifying users about websites which are known to distribute "badware", malicious software such as spyware, deceptive adware, viruses and trojans that disrupt the smooth running of computers. Google search users will be warned before they enter suspect websites: "The site you are about to visit may harm your computer!"

"To begin we'll only be identifying a small number of sites, but we'll be expanding our coverage over time," the company said. "Finding new and better ways to protect our users is a perpetual project, and we'll continue to work hard in this area." 

Google, along with Lenovo and Sun Microsystems, has sponsored StopBadware project, in which researchers from Harvard and Oxford universities are creating a clearinghouse for information on spyware and other malicious software and the ways they are disseminated. 

Jonathan Zittrain, a Harvard and Oxford professor involved with StopBadware, said the project may one day release lists of suspect sites still under investigation, but would most likely do so for everyone and not just sponsors like Google.
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