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[ NNSquad ] Google's New Anti-Advertising-Malware Project and Web Site
Greetings. Google's new (less than two weeks old) rather low-key anti-advertising-malware project hasn't gotten the amount of discussion that I believe it deserves. Basically, the idea is to help ad network customers get a handle on whether or not particular entities are attempting to distribute malware via advertising. See: http://www.anti-malvertising.com/ And yes, of course, Google has a vested monetary interest in reducing the deployment of ad malware. But so what? Malware hurts everyone (except the malware perpetrators, unless they get caught). Any effort like Google's that can help stamp out malware distribution vectors is a good deal in my book. Still, the presumably purposelly vanilla name of the site leaves something to be desired. It's certainly not as bad as, say, "The Castle Anthrax" -- but maybe just a bit snappier would make discussions somewhat easier. Or perhaps not ... In any case, it looks like a worthwhile effort. --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator