14 DAY TRIAL // The Mountain View company conducted an internal research concerning the infected websites, the study revealing that no more than 1 out of 10 pages contain malware. It seems like 450.000 websites are infected with malware files most of them trying to exploit the users' computers through the Internet Explorer browser. Usually, the malicious files are aiming to install infected files on the users' computers that will allow the attackers to obtain improved control over an affected system.
"To entice users to install malware, adversaries employ social engineering. The user is presented with links that promise access to 'interesting' pages with explicit pornographic content, copyrighted software or media. Common examples are sites that display thumbnails to adult videos," Google researcher Niels Provos sustained according to TechShout.
At this time, Google is continuously struggling to provide clean and safe results and signed a deal with StopBadware to flag the malware websites and avoid potential infections. As you might know, the Google search technology provides two types of malware notifications, one of them on the SERP and the second one on a separate page. The first malware alert is displayed straight on the search engine result page just behind the results' links while the other one is placed on a separate page.
"Marking pages with a label allows users to avoid exposure to such sites and results in fewer users being infected. However, the task will not be easy. Finding all the web-based infection vectors is a significant challenge and requires almost complete knowledge of the web as a whole", Provos added according to the same source.
There are a lot of malware files on the Internet and most of them can be accessed with ease from all over the Internet. However, the security companies are now struggling to build powerful solutions to defend our computers.