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May 21, 2006
Be careful were you point and click
McAfee has acquired SiteAdvisor which is a piece of software which will add a additional security layer by notifying you of risky sites before you click on the links. There is also in this report a lot of interesting ratings. SiteAdvisor does appear to be free.
This is a very interesting read!
The report’s authors estimated that each month consumers click on an estimated 285 million "hostile sites." The researchers compiled 1,394 popular keywords using lists of common searches. "Adult search terms" were excluded. The results were analyzed using the database from McAfee’s SiteAdvisor Web safety database which is based on "automated tests that analyze Web sites for exploits, downloads containing spyware, adware, or other unwanted programs, pop-ups, links to dangerous sites, and e-mail submission forms," according to the report.
This is the CBS news page I learned of this.
This is the direct link to the report from McAfee SiteAdvisor.
Posted by Hector at May 21, 2006 10:13 PM