Porn Sites More Infected Than Thought 170
nk497 writes "Porn sites are five times as likely to host malware as previously thought, with 3.6% offering up a digital infection of some sort, according to a researchers who set up their very own adult sites for a new study. One reason for the high rate of malware is that the online porn industry makes use of affiliate programs, where one site will drive traffic to another in exchange for links, cash, or simply free pornographic material to use. Because such programs don't check who they're doing business with, and sites use disguised links and other clandestine methods to drive people to different pages, it's easy for criminals to abuse the system to spread malware. Researcher Gilbert Wondracek said, 'They inadvertently have created an ecosystem that can easily be abused on a large scale by cyber criminals, and that's worrying.'"
That's ok... (Score:5, Funny)
What? You mean risks to one part of the internet make it less safe for the rest of us? Gasp!
3.6% (Score:5, Funny)
Not like I've been to as many porn sites as would be necessary to be statistically likely to have gotten infected. Several times over. Nosiree!
Yea right (Score:5, Funny)
according to a researchers who set up their very own adult sites for a new study.
Strictly for research purposes :)
Uhmm... no, duh? (Score:4, Funny)
Wow... what a shocker! Porn sites have lots of malware! Who woulda guessed?
Really... who on earth is actually surprised by this?
Re:Uhmm... no, duh? (Score:5, Funny)
Unsafe behavior leads to spread of viruses, film at eleven.
(Eleven what?)
Re:Simple one-person solution... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:That's ok... (Score:4, Funny)
You are here cruising Slashdot, where visitors can post links and such to stories, news articles, photos, and even porn sites posted by trolls. Just because you don't visit porn sites intentionally, dosen't mean someone with bad intent won't provide a link to a site. Mods often mod them down to troll before the general public provides lots of traffic.
How do you know the link below is safe? The name of the site doesn't always indicate the contents.
http://crazybuilders.com/ [crazybuilders.com] Note, the link is safe for work.
Hmmm... (Score:2, Funny)
Porn Sites More Infected Than Thought
I'm pretty sure "thoughts" aren't subject to the same kinds of infections...
Re:Simple one-person solution... (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah as long as you don't mount, you should be okay.
Re:Just like in real life... (Score:5, Funny)
Fortunately, slashdot users never run into that sort of "real life" problem.
But-Related (Score:4, Funny)
Haha, you said but-related.
Right but they... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Yea right (Score:5, Funny)
Professor: For science!
Re:Funny Off-Topic-But-Related Note (Score:2, Funny)
Ubuntu Conversion (Score:0, Funny)
by Means of Natual Selection.
Re:safe sex (Score:5, Funny)
Is there any kind of sex that is safe?
My dog humping your leg?
Anyway, here's a true story:
When I was self-employed, my dog, Jake, used to lay on the floor by the check-out counter.
One day while a guy was checking-out, Jake started licking his balls.
Seeing this, the guy commented, "Gee, I wish I could do that!"
I replied, "Go ahead--Jake won't mind.
Re:safe sex (Score:5, Funny)
Clarification:
One day while a guy was checking-out, Jake started licking his (Jake's) balls.
Re:That's ok... (Score:1, Funny)
share! (Score:3, Funny)
links, please.
Re:share! (Score:3, Funny)
from tfa: "More than 90% of the 35,000 pornographic domains analysed in the study were free sites."
links, please.
Forget the links.
Pics or it didn't happen.
Re:Simple one-person solution... (Score:3, Funny)
Huh, good sexual advice on /., this must be a first in the 10 years I've been reading it...