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Online security is important to everyone and it is important to Google too. Google introduces the latest blog - Google Online Security Blog. The main aim of this blog is to keep users informed on the related issues of online security that are complex and dynamic.

For the inaugural post. the topic is one Malware. So what is Malware? Malware is surreptitious software capable of stealing sensitive information from your computer and it is increasingly spreading over the web. So how does Google protect users from Malware?

To protect Google’s users from this threat, we started an anti-malware effort about a year ago. As a result, we can warn you in our search results if we know of a site to be harmful and even prevent exploits from loading with Google Desktop Search.

Google also provide guidelines for safe browsing:

First and foremost, enable automatic updates for your operating system as well your browsers, browser plugins and other applications you are using. Automatic updates ensure that your computer receives the latest security patches as they are published. We also recommend that you run an anti-virus engine that checks network traffic and files on your computer for known malware and abnormal behavior. If you want to be really sure that your system does not become permanently compromised, you might even want to run your browser in a virtual machine, which you can revert to a clean snapshot after every browsing session.

More tips available at StopBadware.org’s Tips for Cleaning and Securing a Website.