Google search now warns you of hacked and compromised sites
Emerging just a week after the high-profile Gawker Media hack, and proving it is still very fleet-footed indeed, Google search results now warn you if a website has been hacked. The notification (see screenshot above) looks just like the malware warning.
Unlike the malware warning, however, you do not get shown the ominous ‘visiting this site may harm your computer!‘ interstitial page. Rather, you are free to click through to the site as usual. Perhaps Google’s hack-detection code isn’t quite finished, or it is still fine-tuning the process. The only actual change, then, is the addition of the “This site may be compromised” link, which links to a page in the Google Help Center.
The coolest bit, though, is for the owners of websites. If you register your site with Google Webmaster Tools, Google will automatically notify you if your site has been compromised. Google has even produced a guide for cleaning up a hacked site — cool!
Google search now warns you of hacked and compromised sites originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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