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Beware of dangerous sites!
December 19th, 2008 by editor
Although most people are aware that trojans and worms are easily contracted just by viewing a site, there are still some who needs education, as the report below will show you:
The investigation, conducted by McAfee(R) SiteAdvisor(TM), studied the five major U.S. search engines (Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, Ask) and found that the overall chance of clicking through to a risky site declined by 12.0%. Still, McAfee estimates that consumers click through to risky sites more than 268 million times each month.
“It’s good to see that clicking on search engine results has gotten modestly safer,†said Chris Dixon, director of strategy, McAfee SiteAdvisor. “But when almost one of 12 sponsored links still clicks through to a risky site, there remains significant room for continued improvement.â€
With significant awareness, the average internet user will be able to discern which sites seem dangerous and which isn’t.