Google has started warning users if they are about to visit a webpage that could harm their computers. The warning will pop up if users click on a link to a page known to host spyware or other malicious programmes.
this sounds a very good idea,more so to those who cant afford to buy a virus package.
IAH777 From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 0 posts, RR: 5 Reply 1, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 1451 times:
Nighthawk From UK - Scotland, joined Sep 2001, 4989 posts, RR: 38 Reply 2, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 1431 times:
Quoting Express1 (Thread starter): Google has started warning users if they are about to visit a webpage that could harm their computers. The warning will pop up if users click on a link to a page known to host spyware or other malicious programmes.
Wouldnt it be a better idea to drop such sites from the listing??
Mhodgson From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2002, 5047 posts, RR: 29 Reply 3, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 1425 times:
Quoting Nighthawk (Reply 2): Wouldnt it be a better idea to drop such sites from the listing??
Perhaps, but some people may still want the site. At one point, Flightsim.com hosted spyware (I heard, may not be correct!), so you can't really get rid of something like that.
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VinnieWinnie From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 727 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1376 times:
Quoting Express1 (Thread starter): this sounds a very good idea,more so to those who cant afford to buy a virus package.
You have got a company called Grisoft who produces a very good anti-virus called AVG!
Not a bad idea actually since some spy-ware is absolutely impossible to delete without rebooting your entire computer!
DeltaGator From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 6341 posts, RR: 16 Reply 5, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 1321 times:
Quoting Express1 (Thread starter): this sounds a very good idea,more so to those who cant afford to buy a virus package.
If you can't afford the AV package then you surely can't afford monthly Internet access but better yet...you shouldn't own a computer. Put the money towards getting a better education so you can own the computer and AV package.
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DAL767400ER From Germany, joined Feb 2005, 5721 posts, RR: 50 Reply 7, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 1234 times:
Well, I have my programs on the PC (AVG, Norton, others), but heck, given the fast development of new aggressors, additional warnings can never be bad .
F9Widebody From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 1604 posts, RR: 11 Reply 8, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 1192 times:
I emailed Google about this a year ago. Therre was one of those malware hosting companies that was trying to get you to buy their software to remove their malware, and Google was linking DIRECTLY to it. They responded that they were a supplier of information, not a moderator of it.
Usair320 From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 991 posts, RR: 3 Reply 9, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1143 times:
Quoting Express1 (Thread starter): sounds a very good idea,more so to those who cant afford to buy a virus package.
Just a side note. you can install Mcafee virus protection for free from Best Buy for you guys in the states. Also highly recomended for USD 30 you can purchase "Pest Trap" I have it my self. really works. But Mcafee is good as well.
TPAnx From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 1021 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1133 times:
Itsjustme From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 2765 posts, RR: 11 Reply 12, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 1044 times:
Quoting F9Widebody (Reply 8): I emailed Google about this a year ago. Therre was one of those malware hosting companies that was trying to get you to buy their software to remove their malware, and Google was linking DIRECTLY to it. They responded that they were a supplier of information, not a moderator of it.
Fortunately, they've changed their thought process. I, too, emailed them about a bogus travel site (www.ticketsaver.net) that had defrauded unsuspecting users out of tens of thousands of dollars. When doing a search for "airline tickets", the site was shown as one of their "sponsored links". I received an email back thanking me for the information, adding they'd look into it. 2 days later, the link had been removed.
N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25852 posts, RR: 79 Reply 13, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 905 times:
Absolutely. My parents only recently moved into the new millennium and upgraded to high speed (my dad doesn't use the internet much and my mother uses a gigantic fiber connection at work) and their computer was riddled with ad and spyware because of the susceptibility 56K connections have to it and because I think my cousin was too cheap to pay for his porn and was looking at the free stuff that rips your computer apart. I downloaded Spybot and Ad-Aware and completely wiped that stuff off in about 30 minutes.
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Saintsman From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2002, 2065 posts, RR: 2 Reply 14, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 866 times:
McAfee do a free product called "Siteadvisor" which you can download from their website. It works along side Google and tells you if you will get lots of spam or spyware from a particular site.
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