Experts: Google AdWords needs policingGoogle could avoid future malware attacks carried out using advertisements posted on its Web sites if the company more thoroughly investigated customers of its AdWords system, according to security and legal experts. On April 25, researchers with security software maker Exploit Prevention Labs announced that they had uncovered hard evidence that malware distributors were using advertisements placed via Google’s automated AdWords system to infect unsuspecting end-users with virus code.http://infoworld.com/article/07/04/26/HNgoogleadshack_1.html
Experts: Google AdWords needs policing
Google could avoid future malware attacks carried out using advertisements posted on its Web sites if the company more thoroughly investigated customers of its AdWords system, according to security and legal experts. On April 25, researchers with security software maker Exploit Prevention Labs announced that they had uncovered hard evidence that malware distributors were using advertisements placed via Google’s automated AdWords system to infect unsuspecting end-users with virus code.