06/11/2008
Safebrowsing initiative by Google is crap
In security something is crap if you don't give the security you promise and you give the illusion that a site or file is safe so the user-surfers will think that it is safe and will download it and install it.
The worst thing a security initiative could do is give a safe logo to unsafe sites of which every other securitycheck knows that they are unsafe.
For example www.freedownloads.be is known to be a host for a series of rogue securitysoftware and spyware and is been shown as dangerous in the McAfee products in Yahoo
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Safe Browsing
Diagnostic page for www.freedownloads.be/
What is the current listing status for www.freedownloads.be/?
This site is not listed as suspicious.
What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 7 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 0 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 06/04/2008, and suspicious content was never found on this site within the past 90 days.
Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?
Over the past 90 days, www.freedownloads.be/ did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites
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