Gaming, Celebrity Sites Nastiest Web Neighborhoods

[ronjor]

In a recently published paper, researchers at the University of Washington said that some Web wards are significantly more likely to host spyware and launch "drive-by downloads," the term for the hacker practice of using browser or Windows vulnerabilities to silently install software.

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[metallicakid15]

nothing new i say

[ronjor]

Just a reminder.

[pojispear]

good advisory thanks

[ronjor]

You're welcome pojispear.

[Rmus]

One of the best, concise summaries of an on-going problem. I've passed it on to several "average" users who were taken quite by surprise at the statistics.

Thanks for posting.

-rich

[ConstantLearning]

Very informative link Ronjor.

From getting a friend to read it, finally got them to accept the risks they have been taking for a long time -on the same pc they are running a home business from!

Happy to report they are rethinking browsing habits at last

Thanks

[ronjor]

Happy to report they are rethinking browsing habits at last

That is good news ConstantLearning.