Year one: progress in the fight against Unwanted Software

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Post by anand-s » Mon, Dec 14, 2015, 10:52 AM UTC

Year one: progress in the fight against Unwanted Software
googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com

Re: Year one: progress in the fight against Unwanted Software

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Post by niilzon » Mon, Dec 14, 2015, 12:35 PM UTC

According to their criteria, Windows 10 totally falls in the UwS category ! :)

Re: Year one: progress in the fight against Unwanted Software

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Post by SixSigma » Mon, Dec 14, 2015, 12:48 PM UTC

niilzon wrote: post #2

According to their criteria, Windows 10 totally falls in the UwS category ! :)

I suspect that is what the Google ChromeOS team feels.

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Post by duncan_bayne » Mon, Dec 14, 2015, 1:02 PM UTC

How about all the crapware that is installed along with Android on most mobile devices these days? Any plans to do something about that?

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Post by ocdtrekkie » Mon, Dec 14, 2015, 1:04 PM UTC

About time. Based on malware cleanup work I've done in people's homes and asking how they got to them (unscientific, I know), Google AdWords seems like the primary method of malware distribution.

Google has gone out of their way to make AdWords look more and more like a normal search result, and particularly among seniors, it's common to expect that first link is legitimate. It usually isn't.

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Post by throwawayukcyb » Mon, Dec 14, 2015, 1:09 PM UTC

niilzon wrote: post #2

According to their criteria, Windows 10 totally falls in the UwS category ! :)

"It is bundled with other software and its presence is not disclosed."

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Post by chopin » Mon, Dec 14, 2015, 1:12 PM UTC

niilzon wrote: post #2

According to their criteria, Windows 10 totally falls in the UwS category ! :)

To mine, too...

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Post by mahouse » Mon, Dec 14, 2015, 1:24 PM UTC

>Here are a few specific examples

[shows a few screenshots of things that would never happen with an ad blocker]

Re: Year one: progress in the fight against Unwanted Software

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Post by niilzon » Mon, Dec 14, 2015, 1:24 PM UTC

niilzon wrote: post #2

According to their criteria, Windows 10 totally falls in the UwS category ! :)

"It collects or transmits private information without the user’s knowledge"

Re: Year one: progress in the fight against Unwanted Software

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Post by blakesterz » Mon, Dec 14, 2015, 1:29 PM UTC

>> We reduced the number of UwS warnings that users see via AdWords by 95%, compared to last year. Even prior to last year, less than 1% of UwS downloads were due to AdWords.

That 95% drop is great! That 1% number must still be quite a large number though, ~1% of the ads they show must be well into the millions?