2006-08-07 03:21:24 · 14 answers · asked by Daniel Radcliffe craziest fan 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Google, MSN, Yahoo.
I have never needed any others.
EDIT Just got this new information TODAY.
Yahoo is now OFF my list of SAFE search engines.
Spyware Weekly Newsletter :: August 8, 2006
Last year, MSN took a look at the various HOSTS files available on the web that list malicious web sites. They compared the web sites in those HOSTS files to their search engine's database and deleted them from the index.
Google has made a welcomed change to their search engine. Visitors now are taken to a special warning page, when and if they click on a search result that leads to a malware-infested web site.
According to recent studies, many of the leading search results for certain phrases on popular search engines lead directly to spyware hell. These sites will use ActiveX installers, exploit browser flaws or otherwise trick you into running a malware installer. Typically, these sorts of installers will download and install other malware, many of which do exactly the same thing.
Using a database gathered by StopBadware.org, Google now will redirect visitors to a page warning them that something nasty may be about to happen, if they click on a search result leading to one of these sites.
Warning - the site you are about to visit may harm your computer!
You can learn more about malware and how to protect yourself at StopBadware.org.
Suggestions:
Return to the previous page and pick another result.
Try another search to find what you're looking for.
Or you can continue to [link here].
advisory provided by Google
I hope the other search engine companies are paying attention here (Yahoo? AOL? Hello??). If all of the major search engines will take similar steps to deal with malicious web sites found in their search results, it would go a long way toward preventing drive-by downloads.
2006-08-07 03:30:19 · answer #1 · answered by space_man_stitch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-27 02:13:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Google Search, Yahoo Search
2006-08-07 03:47:47 · answer #3 · answered by floxy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use Firefox browser and get the extension "site advisor" (by McAfee). It will advise you on the links in the search engine.
2006-08-10 07:50:26 · answer #4 · answered by flippin'eck 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stay away from others...google is the best and high performance search engine in the net...
2006-08-07 03:26:19 · answer #5 · answered by aRnObIe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Goggle the main one and they're just introducing a system whereby they warn people if they are about to enter an unsafe site.
2006-08-07 03:27:23 · answer #6 · answered by RSWN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Google.com is probably the most popular and the most used.
I personally like yahoo.com
2006-08-07 03:26:41 · answer #7 · answered by sxyredht21 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Google..
Yahoo..
Hotmail...
2006-08-07 03:59:59 · answer #8 · answered by lynne23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo baby!
2006-08-07 03:27:44 · answer #9 · answered by ♪ GOTH CHICK♫ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2006-08-07 03:25:30 · answer #10 · answered by daley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋