Software Turns Google into a Virus Scanner

Kfleming writes "Websense, a security vendor, has developed software that uses a binary search feature built into Google to hunt down malware. Using this technique researchers at Websense have uncovered over 2,000 websites hosting malware, and are also able to detect legitimate sites that have been hacked. Could this binary search feature also be used to exploit Google and trick users into downloading malware?"

Comments

"Binary search" ?!

[shreevatsa]

Not only is this a dupe, it is also confusing that they use "binary search" to mean "searching inside binary files", and not binary search in its usual sense .

The linked article is just looking for ad revenue

[Goldenhawk]

This looks suspiciously like self-promotion, trying to win a few dollars from Google AdSense placement. Yes, folks, Google can be used to make money. Who woulda known?

Skip the linked article and go straight to the source:
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,126371,0 0.asp

All the link does is duplicate the story summary, and then link to the PCWorld article.