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Google Wants You to Report Malware 135

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.'"

Comment Very Simple Solution (Score 1) 611

They do this at my University and it's a very good system. On the first day of school you plug in your computer to the network. DHCP gives you an internal ip address, and all your http requests go strait to a registration web server, you cannot get off your immediate network segment without registering. The registration processs ties your student ID to your mac address and also runs microsoft's own tool Hfnetchk.exe agaisnt your pc. If your missing hotfixes (aka notfixes) you cant register. I'm not sure how (go linux), but im guessing they provide you with the hotfixes since you cant leave the network. This should help alot in the first weeks mad rush for computer access.

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