Searching Virus Removal Can Lead to Bigger Problems
We tend to trust well known companies such as Google and Yahoo, but sometimes these search giants serve up some alarming links in search results. There are many users who use search to find out information, but if a user types in “Security Tool Removal,” they are served up dangerous links that go to malicious websites. These websites can create even more of a security risk without the user even knowing.
All links in the SERP (Search Engine Results Page) that are marked red indicate that these sites are dangerous. The red indicator is from the WOT (Web of Trust) Firefox and Internet Explorer add-on. The WOT add-on shows you which websites you can trust for safe surfing, shopping and searching on the web.
When searching “Security Tool Removal” look at how many dangerous websites are marked red. The chances of someone clicking on one of those dangerous links are pretty good.
There are a total of 7 links marked red and of those 7 links, 4 are in the “Sponsored links” section.
I encourage and recommend that you download the WOT add-on for Firefox and or Internet Explorer so that you know what links are marked dangerous preventing you from clicking on links that go to malicious websites.
I hope that Google and Yahoo will find a way to stop indexing these dangerous websites. It’s a major issue and it’s not an easy task, even for Google.
