Technicalities

July 21, 2011

Thanks a lot Google

Saw this story circulating tonight.

Google search: now with malware warnings

Google has activated a scheme which will see users warned if their Windows systems appear to have a particular type of malware. The warning "Your computer appears to be infected" will be displayed at the top of search results when Google detects that the search query has arrived at their systems via a proxy which modifies the search requests.

Just dandy. I have spent, I don't know how long, trying to make people stop clicking on links that purport to tell them they have some kind of "infection". All the variants of Windows Defender and more recently Mac Defender will pop onto your screen and tell you to "click here" to find out how to fix it.

Now GOOGLE of all entities just adds to the general confusion by giving people a link to click to "learn how to fix this".

I'll cut straight to the point - Google - you are MORONS! Thanks so much for muddying the waters because you saw some malware pointers. The problem is, the average users can NOT tell the difference between your half hearted baked effort to inform them of a problem and real malware.

This is idiocy taken to a whole new level. Especially when you find the link doesn't even give these poor people any decent information on how to get rid of the malware.

Geeze Google - just cut to the chase and hand out the malware yourself as they do the searches. It's easier that way.

BAH!

Posted by: Teresa in Idiocies at 10:39 PM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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