Google Protects 1.1 Billion People With Safe Browsing

The Google Safe Browsing technology protects every day more than 1.1 billion people, as the Internet giant has let know. Safe Browsing through that 8 years ago was developed, users of Chrome, Firefox and Safari warned of malware and phishing sites.

In the case of Chrome also warned if the user downloads malware. A warning that soon also when visiting websites that unwanted software will appear offering. At this time let Safe Browsing see 5 million alerts per day, for all kinds of malicious websites and unwanted software. Through the technology would be discovered each month over 50,000 malware sites and more than 90,000 phishing sites.

Google puts the technology is also responsible for alerting webmasters when there are specific problems with their websites, for example if they have been hacked and malware. The figures from Google published ahead of the 26th anniversary of the Web. "As the Web matures, so does the Safe Browsing technology. We look forward to the web and its users to protect for many years," says Panayiotis Mavrommatis of the Google Safe Browsing team.