Comments on: Should Search Engines Do More about Malware? http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/03/should-search-engines-do-more-about-malware.html Internet Marketing News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:00:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Prosperity Writer http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/03/should-search-engines-do-more-about-malware.html/comment-page-1#comment-44119 Prosperity Writer Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:25:31 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/03/should-search-engines-do-more-about-malware.html#comment-44119 google does give a warning if they believe that a site is infected. but i can't take any chances. i see to it my PC is always protected by antivirus, firewalls, etc.. google does give a warning if they believe that a site is infected. but i can’t take any chances. i see to it my PC is always protected by antivirus, firewalls, etc..

]]> By: Steven Bradley http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/03/should-search-engines-do-more-about-malware.html/comment-page-1#comment-42962 Steven Bradley Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:35:37 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/03/should-search-engines-do-more-about-malware.html#comment-42962 I'd rather my anti virus software give me the malware message. I'm not sure why Google or any other search engine should be seen as the security experts. I would think we'd see more false positives than real malware. It would also open up another form of abuse. Is your competitor ranking better than you? Get them on the malware list. I’d rather my anti virus software give me the malware message. I’m not sure why Google or any other search engine should be seen as the security experts. I would think we’d see more false positives than real malware.

It would also open up another form of abuse. Is your competitor ranking better than you? Get them on the malware list.

]]> By: Utah SEO http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/03/should-search-engines-do-more-about-malware.html/comment-page-1#comment-42913 Utah SEO Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:31:22 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/03/should-search-engines-do-more-about-malware.html#comment-42913 http://www.mywot.com/ My Wot is a great firefox add-on for warning people of untrustworthy sites. http://www.mywot.com/ My Wot is a great firefox add-on for warning people of untrustworthy sites.

]]> By: giedrius http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/03/should-search-engines-do-more-about-malware.html/comment-page-1#comment-42907 giedrius Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:54:46 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/03/should-search-engines-do-more-about-malware.html#comment-42907 Google warns you. There is a blacklist of sites, I assume. Not so sure how it is produced, but I assume scanning site for usual iframe/activeX exploits + manual blacklist. Google collected malicious site list for a long time, it was even published at some point. Check google security blog. Its quite easy to get infected. At least twice i saw sites hacked though phpBB, once through Joomla, and WP is/was vulnerable as well. Just google for specific software version with known vulnerability and you got list of sites to infect (WP puts its version in the headers, for example). And I do not believe in automatic removal of malicious sites from index either. Just imagine what one badly coded wordpress/other software plugin could do to your site. Google warns you. There is a blacklist of sites, I assume. Not so sure how it is produced, but I assume scanning site for usual iframe/activeX exploits + manual blacklist. Google collected malicious site list for a long time, it was even published at some point. Check google security blog. Its quite easy to get infected. At least twice i saw sites hacked though phpBB, once through Joomla, and WP is/was vulnerable as well. Just google for specific software version with known vulnerability and you got list of sites to infect (WP puts its version in the headers, for example). And I do not believe in automatic removal of malicious sites from index either. Just imagine what one badly coded wordpress/other software plugin could do to your site.

]]> By: Jordan McCollum http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/03/should-search-engines-do-more-about-malware.html/comment-page-1#comment-42897 Jordan McCollum Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:01:53 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/03/should-search-engines-do-more-about-malware.html#comment-42897 To my knowledge, Google doesn't even warn you. It's other add-on services that add flags. I've never seen a Google-sponsored warning about malware. To my knowledge, Google doesn’t even warn you. It’s other add-on services that add flags. I’ve never seen a Google-sponsored warning about malware.

]]> By: SEO guy http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/03/should-search-engines-do-more-about-malware.html/comment-page-1#comment-42894 SEO guy Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:57:40 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/03/should-search-engines-do-more-about-malware.html#comment-42894 What i don't get is why they don't just remove the listing instead of warning you before you enter the site. What i don’t get is why they don’t just remove the listing instead of warning you before you enter the site.

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