[the-facts-machine] Re: Google program alerts users to unwanted software'
- From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel@xxxxxxx>
- To: <the-facts-machine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:30:24 -0400
Hi Steve,
I know that Window-Eyes can search for color. I also think a "hyper"
window, if I remember correctly, could be associated with the browser
script. Not sure if I could compose such a macro, but I think W E could do
this.
Sorry this is not a solution, only a theory and from someone who readily
admits the lack of skill to make it happen. Maybe GW Micro would be
interested in making this a function.
Warmest Regards,
Fred
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software'
I wonder if this warning is accessible.
Google program alerts users to unwanted software' By Michael Liedtke
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO Get ready to see more red warning signs online as Google adds
ammunition to its technological artillery for targeting devious schemes
lurking on websites. The latest weapon is aimed at websites riddled with
"unwanted software" a term that Google uses to describe secretly installed
programs that can change a browser's settings without a user's permission.
Those revisions can unleash a siege of aggravating ads or redirect a
browser's users to search engines or other sites that they didn't intend to
visit. Google had already deployed the warning system to alert users of its
Chrome browser that they were about to enter a site distributing unwanted
software. The Mountain View, California, company just recently began to feed
the security information into a broader "safe browsing" application that
also works in Apple's Safari and Mozilla's Firefox browsers. Microsoft's
Internet Explorer doesn't tap into Google's free safe browsing application.
Instead, Explorer depends on a similar warning system, the SmartScreen
Filter. Google's alerts about unwanted software build upon the warnings that
the safe browsing system has already been delivering for years about sites
infected with malware, programs carrying viruses and other sinister coding,
and phishing sites that try to dupe people into sharing passwords or credit
card information. Whenever a potential threat is detected by the safe
browsing system, it displays a red warning sign advising a user to stay
away. Google also is demoting the nettlesome sites in the rankings of its
dominant Internet search engine so people are less likely to come across
them in the first place. Google disclosed Thursday that the safe browsing
application has been generating about 5 million warnings a day, a number
likely to rise now that unwanted software is now part of the detection
system. As it is, Google says it discovers more than 50,000 malware-infected
sites and more than 90,000 phishing sites per month. The safe browsing
application had gotten so effective at flagging malware and phishing that
scammers are increasingly creating unwanted software in an attempt to
hoodwink people, said Stephan Somogyi, Google's product manager of safe
browsing. .
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