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Cameroon the New Hotbed of Malware

Posted by samzenpus on from the none-more-infected dept.

garg0yle writes "According to McAfee, more than a third of Cameroon domains (TLD of .cm) are infested with viruses or other not-so-fun party treats. Given that it's very easy to mis-type .com as .cm, this puts the computers of a lot of fat-fingered typists in peril. Second place on the most-infested domains list goes to China (.cn), while Hong Kong (last year's 'winner') is now comfortably middle-of-the-pack."

10 of 92 comments (clear)

  1. I am Naga Eboko, exchange student from Cameroon. by fucket · · Score: 4, Funny

    Beef jerky time.

  2. Re:Mistype by DavMz · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have n "" letter n my keybard, yu insensitive cld!

  3. Yes, but... by InspectorxGadget · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...they make those delightful coconut cookies. I think we can forgive them.

    1. Re:Yes, but... by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hate to break it to you, but those ain't coconut cookies that they sent to your browser...

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  4. Re:Missing keys? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    shtrrf/ o jsyr ejrm o fp yjsy/

  5. Re:Mistype by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I just went there, and BUY CHEAP VIAGRA yes, it is WILL MAKE YOU 9 INCHES LARGER full of viruses. SO BIG YOU COULD PUT IT ON A BUN AND EAT IT!

  6. Re:Auto-Correcting Domains by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    I knew a guy called Teh but unfortunately Microsoft tools auto correct that to The.

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  7. Re:Mistype by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    .CONNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!

  8. Re:Mistype by tehcyder · · Score: 2, Funny

    You should be grateful you're not here where we have .co.uk addresses. You wouldn't believe the number of times I've typed in .cock and got something unexpected popping up on my monitor...

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  9. Re:Wouldn't it be safer to... by srussia · · Score: 2, Funny

    Blocking .cm can be a helpful step

    I live in Cameroon, you insensitive clod! But then again, malware is not at the top of my worry list... carry on then.

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