Monday, May 12, 2008

Yahoo Collaborates With McAfee To Provide Alerts To "Risky" Search Results

Yahoo has collaborated with McAfee to provide a new feature along with search result i.e. SearchScan. This technology figures out URLs which seems "risky" in the search results.

The search results which are “risky” to search engines are flagged with type of danger sign below the title (See the sample snapshot below). This new features warns users from downloading spyware and other malicious software from being downloaded on searchers' computers.

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