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Mark Allanson - 27/12/05 at 08:52 PM

if Google can scan the entire internet, just for me, and find 149,000 entries for Locost in just 0.04 seconds. why can't they do a virus scan in it at the same time?

Or am I missing something?


JoelP - 27/12/05 at 09:24 PM

their computers constantly search the net, they just tell you the results quick! Hence they have a good portion of the internet in their cache.


Mark Allanson - 27/12/05 at 09:46 PM

So why don't they spot the viruses?


JoelP - 27/12/05 at 10:00 PM

im no expert, but viruses arent visible like web pages. They are either on home PCs, which google cant usually look through, or being sent by whoever sends them.


Genesis - 27/12/05 at 11:35 PM

From what I understand (which is very little) "The Internet" takes 2-3 months to update. New virii(us's) are produced on a daily basis so keeping track is futile.