Google launches Safe Browsing Diagnostic Tool

by ZK on May 22, 2009

Google Safe Browsing Diagnostic Tool

To protect web users from malacious web pages Google recently announced the release of a safe browsing diagnostic tool. With this tool Google has taken safe level browsing to the next level, they have build large scale infrastructure to automatically determine if web pages pose a risk to users. To use the tool, just append a URL to the end of http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=.

To test this site, you would enter http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=http://www.WebTrafficROI.com/. Google will then return four sets of security information about that page.

The Google safe browsing diagonstic tool is structued into four different categories :

(1) The current listing status of a site and information on how often a site or parts of it were listed in the past.

(2) The last time Google analyzed the page, when it was last malicious, what kind of malware Google encountered and details of the page.

(3) Did the site facilitated the distribution of malicious software in the past?

(4) Has the site has hosted malicious software in the past?

Google has shown an example of a site that has malicious results. To see the results, click over here, it is safe to click the link ( its provided by Gooogle as an example ). In case you don’t want to click the link I’ve uploaded a screen shot at the begining of the post.

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amit@bollywood movie database May 23, 2009 at 3:21 am

Google has been increasingly pressing the security issue for good. They should have a badge for safe site for the publishers to display on their site.

ZK@Web Marketing May 23, 2009 at 3:21 pm

Thats a very valid point Amit, they have not been able to combat with malicious sites or even spam related blogs. The safe diagnotic tool may be the answer to fighting such sites

Ann @ Work From Home May 23, 2009 at 8:51 pm

I like that idea a lot, except that soon enough the spammers and no-gooders would find a way to fake that badge.

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ZK@Web Marketing May 23, 2009 at 8:57 pm: Haa Haa thats my worry too, the spammers are always look to be above Google…the cat and mouse race always gets exciting

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Dennis Edell May 24, 2009 at 4:55 pm

There are badges like that everywhere. The problem is, mopst people now consider the,m BS.

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Ann @ Work From Home May 23, 2009 at 8:51 pm

Sounds interesting and timely, I wonder how accurate it will be, for the most part Google seems to do well at detecting malware on sites.

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Lena Steuern@ sicher Kaufen und Verkaufen May 24, 2009 at 1:55 pm

That’s a really good addition for Google – really useful. Google never ceases to amaze me. So Google does well at detecting malware on sites then? Does this do more than a security system?

Earn Money Writing May 24, 2009 at 2:16 pm

This is definitely awesome.

I get a nasty virus at least once a year…maybe this will help

Dennis Edell May 24, 2009 at 4:57 pm

Would you use this on your own site or others you were curious about? Wouldn’t you know if your own was being flagged?

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lax airport car service May 25, 2009 at 3:06 am

Thanks to google for this great tool. It is very helpful while browsing the net using any browser to project your system from any malware or harmful program.

kitchen taps May 25, 2009 at 6:05 am

Its really good addition from google. This tool will be very useful to the user for safe browsing as if any web page pretenses any risk.

Brochure Printing May 25, 2009 at 10:28 pm

A very proactive effort on Google’s part to address the security issues that has been continuously posing a threat to everyone. This should keep malware or harmful programs at a minimum, or at the very least, at a reduced risk rate. Thanks!

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Online Bingo Fun May 26, 2009 at 3:46 am

Grate post man nice work, The report also offers you information like – Malicious software includes xx scripting exploit(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of x new processes on the target machine.

Roofing contractors May 26, 2009 at 3:34 pm

I think this kind of option was also earlier on their website. Remember one day all websites were come under harmful website tags in Google.

I have not checked this one yet … thanks for posting here. I am going to check this one.

Goverment Money Club May 27, 2009 at 10:53 am

Interesting it will kill the spammers now …

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Kris @ make money May 27, 2009 at 8:26 pm

Hey huge thanks, this looks like an excellent tool. I have noticed some huge changes happening with google recently-most recently with thier page creator. Anyway good post I love blogs that keep people informed with what is new on google. Good post.

mark@la pavoni stradavari May 28, 2009 at 8:04 am

this seems like a great diagnostic tool, I definitely want to try it out now! Boo spammers.

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Thanks to google for this great tool. It is very helpful while browsing the net using any browser to project your system from any malware or harmful program.

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I think this kind of option was also earlier on their website. Remember one day all websites were come under harmful website tags in Google.

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Edward@Avatare personalizate May 31, 2009 at 3:36 am

Nice tool, but they already have something like this in collaboration with stopbadware.org.

Bill@Automotive Machine Shops May 31, 2009 at 11:24 am

Google is doing a good job at identifying sites with malware. I only wish they could eradicate all sites quickly. I got hit about six months ago visiting a malware site. I was using avg, and it did not catch the virus. I had to reformat my computer.

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