Google Blocks co.cc From Search Results 127
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timothy
from the blocking-dot-com-would-be-even-more-thorough dept.
from the blocking-dot-com-would-be-even-more-thorough dept.
tekgoblin writes "Google has taken the attack on malware into its own hands today as it blocks the entire co.cc subdomain. The block removed about 11 million results from the Google search index which should dramatically clean up much malware in search results."
Re:Well (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Continue, please! (Score:3, Informative)
Actually, it looks like they've raised the limit to 500 domains. That's a lot more reasonable. There's more than 50 that I need to block for a better experience, but I probably couldn't come up with near 500 regular offenders.
Link to the original article from google (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Another parasitic linkspamming blogger (Score:4, Informative)
nope the original story is on google's blog: http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2011/06/protecting-users-from-malware-hosted-on.html [blogspot.com]