Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Search for Porn and Malware are similar

Google's weekly compilation of most popular search categories and the top five search terms for each of them, Google Zeitgeist, had one particularly dangerous category: "tech toys." Of the top five search terms found there, including "ipod nano" and "mp3 music downloads," 23 per cent of the results were risky. "Adult," or porn-related, search terms, meanwhile, led to results in which 8 per cent of the sites were risky--double the level for "nonadult" search terms. McAfee SiteAdvisor defines risky sites as those with "unsavory" e-mail practices, dangerous downloads, scam sites, those linking to other risky sites and those containing browser exploits.

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