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06-May-2008, 12:57 PM #1
Yahoo Inc. and McAfee Inc. are joining to offer alerts about potentially dangerous We
Yahoo teams with McAfee to offer search results security

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Yahoo Inc. and McAfee Inc. are joining to offer alerts about potentially dangerous Web sites alongside search results generated at Yahoo.com.

With the new security feature - slated to take effect Tuesday - people who search the Internet using Yahoo will see a red exclamation point and a warning next to links McAfee has identified as serving dangerous downloads or using visitors' e-mail addresses to send out spam.

Dangerous downloads can include "adware," which shows unwanted advertisements; "spyware," which secretly tracks users' keystrokes and other actions; and other malicious programs that can give criminals control over users' computers.

Yahoo and McAfee hope the move will quell users' anxiety about accidentally clicking on malicious links.
Does Mcafee even know what "Malicious" is?
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06-May-2008, 05:00 PM #2
McAfee...Oh boy..now I feel secure. Heh
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