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Google Wants You to Report Malware

darthcamaro writes "As part of its ongoing effort to keep a clean index Google is soliciting the help of web browsers to let them know when we find malware in the index. Celebrated Google hacker Johnny Long thinks it's a good idea, though he told the site Internet News that he doesn't think it'll stop real hackers. From the article: 'Most in search of malware for offensive use know the good stuff — it ain't distributed through public Web ... It's distributed through dark Web servers, peer-to-peer networks, IRC channels, torrents and the like. Google's efforts will not affect how skilled hackers get access to malware.'"

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  1. Who needs Google? by PPH · · Score: 0, Troll

    In Soviet Russia, plug an unprotected Windows system into the InterWeb and malware finds you!

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  2. Re:That's not the point, you dolts! by bladesjester · · Score: 1, Troll

    Criticizing the sentence and then showing your lack of expertise in the language? :P

    "Use" is not a verb in this sentence. Use as in "I have found a use for this" is a noun.

    "Offensive" is used as an adjective describing "use"

    "Good" is used to describe "stuff" and in this context it means "good at what it was meant to do". It isn't confusing at all.

    It isn't three levels of prepositional phrases. It's three prepositional phrases back to back (which is also not uncommon). "in search" (preposition, object) "of malware" (preposition, object) "for offensive use" (preposition adjective object).

    also

    Most (people - understood. common in English)

    You're welcome

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  3. Re:Not affect how skilled hackers get malware by mikael · · Score: 0, Troll

    Trying doing a google image search for "prayer beads", "brake pads" or "adsorption". None of these keywords will show up any pictures with Google because they both contain the substring "ads".

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  4. I know the largest malware site in the world by Petronius · · Score: 0, Troll
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