INILAH.COM, Jakarta – Google Search can detect malware from existing data on your Windows computer.
Google can now detect virus from the existing data in a computer. As written in the article title GoogleBlog Using data to protect people from malware,
Google recently said they found the search traffic that is not unusual during routine monitoring at the Google data centers.
After working with a number of Internet security experts, Google found that computers that behave that way was infected with malicious software or malware. Matt Cutts of Google says this happens only on Windows computers.
So Google made the detection system, and if the computer detected bervirus, when opening Google Search, above the search box will pop up a yellow warning bar, saying Your Computer Appears to be infected.
Malware infected computer it makes sending traffic to Google through a proxy. Google hopes this notification can help remind people to update the antivirus.
