Yahoo plans to start filtering out malicious Web sites using McAfee’s SiteAdvisor software from Tuesday the company said in a statement. The service called “SearchScan” will warn Web surfers if they are about to visit a Web site that has been linked to spam, phishing or malicious software.
It is interesting to note that Yahoo currently uses Norton to scan mails for viruses.
SiteAdvisor can be downloaded as a plug-in to Firefox or Internet explorer, but Yahoo has been working since late last year to integrate McAfee’s Web site rating technology into their search engine servers, according to Priyank Garg, a director of product management with Yahoo.
Malicious websites will be dropped from search results altogether and Yahoo searchers will now see red warning labels warning them of sites that SiteAdvisor has linked with things like dangerous downloads or unsolicited e-mail.
Yahoo will turn this service on by default for all users in the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
According to im Dowling, McAfee’s vice president of McAfee’s Web security group:
SearchScan is just the first of several new security features that McAfee and Yahoo have planned. This is the beginning of a partnership. We see multiple opportunities to partner to work together to make the internet more secure.
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