Google now checks for "badware" submitting websites

I just read an interesting article about a new Google partnership with StopBadware.org. They now cross reference their website search results with the StopBadware.org database and give users a warning message before visiting a bad ware website. This is great news for the average user who may accidentally download a virus when visiting a website they find on Google.

Stopbadware.org writes, "We're entering a new phase here at StopBadware.org. Google -- which is one of our partners -- is now presenting people with a warning before they visit websites that have been reported to StopBadware.org as sites that distribute badware. These warnings currently link to a general page on StopBadware.org, but as we finish researching sites, we'll replace the general page with one of our individual website reports (see an example here ). Hopefully this next step will bring us that much closer to fulfilling our mission of providing people with reliable, objective information about downloadable applications in order to help them make better choices."