vIRISES, malware menance how to be on a safer ground.

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Dear Members

 

the dark side of progress, misuse of it esp to create, paim, ;losss, mischief

whatever so there r some useful info to be shared by us mutually for problems

that internet throws up on and aoff at us, so some steps we can take to protect

ourselves, PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE.!

 

we cant take 100% full proof measures as the crooks are always way ahead, s\th

best we can do we have to and blame the rest on our destiny

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The 100 websites most affected by viruses each have about 18,000

nasties to attack net users' computers, an internet security company

says.

 

Simply visiting one of the " Top 100 Dirtiest " websites - without

downloading or even clicking anything - could expose your computer to

infection and put your personal information into the hands of

criminals, anti-virus software company Norton Symantec says.

 

Company spokeswoman Natalie Connor says the list was compiled using

global data collected on Norton Safe Web, a site which analyses

websites' security risks and has 20 million users providing site

reviews.

 

The top 100 infected sites had on average 18,000 threats and 40 per cent of the

sites had more than 20,000 threats.

 

A staggering 75 per cent of websites on the list were found to be distributing

" malware " for more than six months.

 

Malware is malicious software that can damage or compromise a computer system

without the owner's consent.

 

Ms Connor said half of the websites on the list had adult content. Many

have unprintable names indicating they contain hard core pornography.

 

Others, not so easy to spot as criminals' lures, include sites about

ice-skating, deer-hunting, catering and legal services.

 

" What people don't realise is when you type in a website, you're

bringing down information on a page and with it could be malware, " she

said.

 

Hackers could then obtain personal information using keystroke logging software

maliciously installed on your computer.

 

Ms Connor said hackers were targeting vulnerabilities in website browsers and

this affected both PCs and Mac computers.

 

" It's real, " she said.

 

" The last thing we want to do is scare people, we want to educate them so they

know how to protect themselves. "

 

Cyber criminals were becoming increasingly sophisticated and operating

underground, Ms Connor said.

 

" It's not about the fame any more of creating viruses and getting in the media, "

she said.

 

" They're making money. "

 

Even if only one per cent of internet users fell for a scam and exposed

their credit card details, their losses could add up to millions of

dollars, Ms Connor said.

 

Norton have released a sample of the dirtiest websites:

 

17ebook.com

aladel.net

bpwhamburgorchardpark.org

clicnews.com

dfwdiesel.net

divineenterprises.net

fantasticfilms.ru

gardensrestaurantandcatering.com

ginedis.com

gncr.org

hdvideoforums.org

hihanin.com

kingfamilyphotoalbum.com

likaraoke.com

mactep.org

magic4you.nu

marbling.pe.kr

nacjalneg.info

pronline.ru

purplehoodie.com

qsng.cn

seksburada.net

sportsmansclub.net

stock888.cn

tathli.com

teamclouds.com

texaswhitetailfever.com

wadefamilytree.org

xnescat.info

yt118.com

 

 

For the rest, users are required to join the Norton Safeweb Community .

 

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