Re: Thoughts on Bing

[Rob Thompson <my.security.lists () gmail com>]

rackow () mcs anl gov wrote:
> My daughter bruings up a  couple of questions after getting malware
> hits while doing searches on Bing.
>
> Since Bing is backed by MS, it's a "default" that people will or
> are probably getting with new MS installs or upgrades.  Meaning
> you have a highly targette audience.  Is that community targetting
> Bing any heavier than others?
>
> Since Bing's advertising is all about giving you the answers you
> want, not some random stuff that may be close, is it a more
> valuable/trustworthy result?

No.

I finaly caved and gave it a whirl and it's as worthless as the rest of
the other search engines out there (Google excluded).  Personally, I am
sticking with Google.  If it aint broke...

> If people get a fakeAV popup from Bing, are they more likely
> to trust it than if they got it from Facebook, MySpace, or Google?

It only depends on how misinformed they are.

> --Gene
>
> PS: My impression of Bing has been that MS has done it again.
> Bing is the sound that the cartoon Ricochet Rabbit made just before
> speeding off and crashing into a cactus, wall or pile of junk.
> It's also the sound that a small rusty bolt makes just before it
> busts you knuckles while trying to extract it and twists off
> instead of coming out of the hole.
>
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Rob

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