Yahoo Takes on Malware Sites With New Security Tools
Yahoo wants to save you from viruses. The search giant plans to filter out malicious Web sites from its search results using McAfee’s SiteAdvisor software. SiteAdvisor, which warns you about known spam sites, phishing attempts or sites that try to install malicious software, is already available as a plug-in for Firefox And IE.
By rolling the SiteAdvisor tools right into its search results Yahoo eliminates the need for the browser based plug-ins (assuming you do all of your searching on Yahoo).
Using the new integrated McAfee tools, Yahoo plans to outright eliminate sites known to distribute malware and the remaining results will display red warning labels next to sites with suspect downloads or known e-mail scams.
This isn’t the first time Yahoo has used outside tools to beef up security, the company previously rolled out a feature for Yahoo Mail which forces messages to identify their origin in an effort to cut down on spam.
The new search protection features will be available in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, and Spain.
[via AP]
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