Regular Domains Have More Malware Than Porn Sites 122
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from the wouldn't-have-seen-that dept.
SnugglesTheBear writes "New research pours scorn on the comforting but erroneous belief that Windows surfers who avoid smut and wares on the Web are likely to avoid exposure to malware. A study by free anti-virus firm Avast found 99 infected legitimate domains for every infected adult website. In the UK, Avast found that more infected domains contained the word 'London' than the word 'sex.' Among the domains labeled as infected by Avast was the smartphones section of the Vodafone UK website. The mobile phone operator's site contained a malicious JavaScript redirect script that attempted to take advantage of an unpatched Windows Help and Support Centre flaw (CVE-2010-1885) to infect the machines of visiting surfers."
Embarrassing (Score:2, Funny)
Vodafone UK infected... well, it WOULD be embarrassing if it was about any other company, but with all the bad things I've heard about Vodafone you probably get better quality service and stabler applications even via the infection than from Vodafone.
Re:"sex" is too vanilla to sell (Score:4, Funny)
Most people don't consider TechCrunch to be a "porn" site.
Cue the bad jokes.... (Score:3, Funny)
Uptime.
Penetration testing.
Viral infections.
Discuss amongst yourselves...
Re:The question is (Score:5, Funny)
So however you look at it, you get fucked.
Re:There's a reason for that (Score:3, Funny)
Either that, or they're too busy looking at other things on those web pages...
Purely for research.
Re:"sex" is too vanilla to sell (Score:5, Funny)
Re:There's a reason for that (Score:3, Funny)
I was only there to get directions on how to get away from there.
Re:What are the percentages? (Score:3, Funny)
Either that or block everything but
If a man is tired of sex (Score:3, Funny)
Re:"sex" is too vanilla to sell (Score:2, Funny)
Re:That doesn't necessarily mean they're wrong (Score:3, Funny)
Nah, she'll just sit on you so you can't pull out. She's been gaining weight for attention for years, she needs that little crying shitting bundle of joy so people will look at her.
Makes me think of someone I saw yesterday. She had an oxygen tank and cane, because she could barely walk. She had a dozen gallon boxes of ice cream, and enough other assorted crap foods that could feed a normal person for a month (or more).
I can hear the conversation with her doctor now.
"No ma'am, the human body isn't designed to carry the weight of an elephant. And please don't bring a bucket of fried chicken into my examining room again."
"Are you saying I'm fat? I'm not fat. It's genetics that make me like this!"
"Ma'am, the only genetics at work here are the ones that make you too dumb to realize you eat too much. And, where's my nurse?"
"Sorry, I was hungry."
Unfortunately, she was wearing a dress, and I saw her ankles. Well, there were no ankles, just a huge chunk of flesh that went from somewhere I don't want to even think about down to her shoes that were crushed under the pressure. And she was with her fat kid, probably all of 12 years old, about 5' tall and 180 pounds. Ya momma, treat your kids like you treat yourself.
Re:That doesn't necessarily mean they're wrong (Score:3, Funny)
Off topic? We were talking about thousands of sites that rarely get visits. How are fat women not on topic?
Are you sure? (Score:4, Funny)
Are you truly prepared to traverse the deepest darkest corners of the internet? Where unspeakable things happen and are best left untouched? Where your very soul is at risk and your sanity might be stripped from you with one wrong click?
Do you really got what it takes to fire up your browser and go to a mobile phone operator site?
I think not.
Re:"sex" is too vanilla to sell (Score:5, Funny)
I read them for the articles.
Keep your PC secure... (Score:3, Funny)