Google's making it harder for malware sites to hit you.

Google is now notifying users when a site returned in a search is suspected of installing malicious software. If you decide to click on that result anyway, Google still doesn't take you there. Instead, you get yet another warning that encourages you to go elsewhere.

This feature makes a ton of sense, and I would expect other search engines to quickly follow Google's lead. Microsoft Live could easily implement such a service because, like Google, IE 7 has built in anti-phishing software and a robust blacklisting feature.

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