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Google's Help page lets their users Google for 'antivirus', because they don't want to endorse any product. Now they have to warn users which AV not to install

Google's Help page lets their users Google for 'antivirus', because they don't want to endorse any product. Now they have to warn users which AV not to install as well, because their own results might show up harmful programs... Then they assume their users, who managed to get infected in the first place, are computer literate enough to know how to install it and know what a systemscan is. I admire that Google is trying to help their users help themselves, but I seriously doubt a lot of users will be able to solve the problem based on these steps...

jodrellblank 15y ago
Google's Help page lets their users Google for 'antivirus', because they don't want to endorse any product. Like the novice setting random weightings on a neural network so it won't be biased (and the master saying it will still be biased only now you won't know how), refusing to endorse one as the best doesn't make them all equal ( but it does leave the decision to someone less able to make it.)