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Google Blogger "Hosts 2% of World's Malware"

Barence writes "Google's Blogger service is responsible for 2% of the world's malware hosted on the Web, according to a new report from security firm Sophos. The company claims hackers are setting up pages on the free blogging service to host malicious code, or simply posting links to infected websites in other bloggers' comments. 'Blogger accounts for around 2% of malware,' according to Sophos's senior technology consultant, Graham Cluley. 'It's head and shoulders above the rest [of the blogging services].'" Sophos believes that Blogger is favored because, being part of Google, it gets spidered early and often.

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  1. Re:A warning by CastrTroy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    10% of 30,000,000 is 3,000,000. Also, what is meant by 30,000,000 MILLION? Is it 30,000,000,000,000 or is the Million just redundant wording?

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  2. Re:Maybe the site should be an IE free zone? by Nutria · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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