Should Google Introduce A Malware Filter?

July 18, 2005

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One of the bigger complaints about Google's search ability is the amount of sites containing various amounts of malware or spyware or viruses still tend to permeate Google's search results. Many a horror story has been told about a users getting some type of computer infection from a site they've discovered on Google (or any search engine for that matter). On This is a great idea, but is it conceivable or even possible, even with Google's technological tools? It most certainly seems feasible, but would Google risk the legal ramifications that would undoubtedly surface? does not allow known spyware produces advertise with them, so would they be more apt to block these same sites from their search index? Chris Richardson is a search engine writer and editor for latest search news.

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