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Cutts Nips Net Neutrality Conspiracy Theory

Be careful with Google conspiracy accusations; Matt Cutts might make an example of you. After being accused of blocking anti-Net Neutrality pages on the Progress and Freedom Foundation site, Cutts gloats over data to the contrary on his blog. Brett Glass, via Dan Farber's Interesting People mailing list, discovered only pages on PFF.org's website pertaining to Network Neutrality were flagged by Google as hosting malware. Once flagged, Google gandalfs the old "you shall not pass" command, barring searchers from accessing the infected page via search results.

China, Google Share Top 10 Most Infected List

If you go down StopBadware.org's top ten most malware infected network list, you'll notice a pattern: the first four are Chinese. While the critic may find that unsurprising, number five on the list, Google, Inc., is worth a double take. Google isn't just one of the founders of StopBadware.org, it's also a member. The company, in a weird twist, is also its own target. Google has its free blogging service Blogger to thank for all that junk gumming up its own network. Out of over 200,000 websites discovered to be infected, Blogger returned 4,261 infections.

Oops, Google Malware Review Form Working Again

Webmasters this week were greeted with an "oops, not working" error when they tried using Google's Malware Review form. The form that was introduced last year in August to help webmasters solve issues of malware or badware, faced some technical problems this week and this was first reported at around 1 am on May 15th.

1% Of Google Search Results Still Contain Malicious Content

Last Tuesday, Google published a report stating that web browsing and searching are increasingly becoming risky. Google for a year and a half now has been identifying web pages that infect vulnerable hosts via drive-by downloads, i.e. web pages that attempt to exploit their visitors by installing and running malware automatically.

Google Says Malware Is a Growing Problem

Research by Google's anti-malware team found more than three million unique URLs on more than 180,000 Web sites that automatically install malware.

Beware of New MySpace Malware

Security Watch is reporting a new MySpace security issue that could reasonably make someone's day unhappy. The idea behind the hack is to send an authentic looking patch from Microsoft to a person's computer, once they have clicked on a link to view a person's profile.

Zango's Got a Secret Crush on Facebook

Zango's at it again, showing the company will stoop to any level to serve pop-up ads to people that don't want them. What's being dubbed by security experts as a malicious social worm is brought to you via Zango and Facebook's open platform.

Bhutto Assassination Draws Malware Scammers

Blogger links that purport to lead to video of Benazir Bhutto's last moments alive go to a fake video codec and an all too familiar exploit.

Google Removes a Ton of Malware Sites

Google has expunged more than 40,000 websites from its search index, removing a ton of sites because they contain malware.

No Malware on Google Results?

Google has taken steps to remove malware websites from its search results, according to a ComputerWorld article released Wednesday.