GOOGLE ANTIMALWARE EFFORTS RELY ON MALWARE DETECTION

TORONTO -- Google Inc. this week revealed how it detects websites
infected with malicious code, part of its effort to protect users
from drive-by downloads and other malicious content.

Fabrice Jaubert of the Google antimalware team presented details
about Google's antimalware efforts at the SecTor 2010 conference. The
team uses proprietary algorithms to identify malware distribution
sites and sites that have been infected with malicious code. While
Google's technical efforts succeed in identifying and blocking
millions of websites suspected of hosting malicious code, Jaubert
described the process as a typical cat-and-mouse game, in which savvy
cybercriminals find ways to avoid detection.