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McAfee Picks the Most Dangerous TLDs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the all-fear-dot-vg dept.

CWRUisTakingMyMoney writes "Companies that assign addresses for Web sites appear to be cutting corners on security more when they assign names in certain domains than in others, according to a report to be released Wednesday by antivirus software vendor McAfee Inc. McAfee found the most dangerous domains to navigate to are .hk, .cn, and .info. Of all .hk sites McAfee tested, it flagged 19.2 percent as dangerous or potentially dangerous to visitors; it flagged 11.8 percent of .cn sites and 11.7 percent of .info sites that way. A little more than 5 percent of the sites under the .com domain — the world's most popular — were identified as dangerous."

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  1. .cx by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 4, Funny

    Home of the goatse. Danger Will Robinson!

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  2. Why the hell... by Jaysyn · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...would anyone want to take security advice from McAffe?

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  3. Because there are no more good dot-coms. by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not even the malware folks can get a decent domain in .com anymore, they're all in use or squatted upon.

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  4. Re:I wonder... by cryptodan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder where .xxx would've come in if it had been created. It would be 69%.
  5. Chinese domains by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The problem with .cn domains: 30 minutes after you surf there, you want to surf there again...

  6. of course they're dangerous by v1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Those sites are just chock full of advertisements for Norton and download links to NOD32...

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  7. They're just slow by sm62704 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I let mcgrew.info lapse, so .info should be safe now. However, horror awaits the unsuspecting eyeballs that cruise .org, since I have a journal at slashdot. I'm told it's far worse than goatse.

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  8. Re:But what about .nu? by Daimanta · · Score: 5, Funny

    My God, I though you were joking. And here I was, thinking that goatse was only 1 image.

    Thanks dude, that's 12 extra therapy sessions for me.

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  9. Only on Slashdot... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...would a link to the full set of Goatse pictures be moderated "Interesting"

  10. Re:Where can I get a list of these TLD to block ou by eln · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think it's cute how you still think any of the TLDs are still used for their originally intended purposes.

  11. Re:Where can I get a list of these TLD to block ou by zeromorph · · Score: 3, Funny

    Here is the list: cz info nl ru st up id net biz org

    Don't forget .ng (Nigeria). I don't think anything good ever comes from that domain.

    .no - Norway

    .sh - Saint Helena
    .it - Italy

    sherlock

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  12. Re:But what about .nu? by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 4, Funny

    Home of the complete goatse collection. Enjoy yourselves! <darthvader>Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!</darthvader>
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  13. Re:But what about .nu? by css-hack · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know what's worse. The fact that I clicked, or the fact that it's already slashdotted.

  14. Re:5%, I'm surprised by gnuman99 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The 5% number cames straight out of goatse.cx's ass