Regular Domains Have More Malware Than Porn Sites

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @05:06AM from the wouldn't-have-seen-that dept.

SnugglesTheBear writes "New research pours scorn on the comforting but erroneous belief that Windows surfers who avoid smut and wares on the Web are likely to avoid exposure to malware. A study by free anti-virus firm Avast found 99 infected legitimate domains for every infected adult website. In the UK, Avast found that more infected domains contained the word 'London' than the word 'sex.' Among the domains labeled as infected by Avast was the smartphones section of the Vodafone UK website. The mobile phone operator's site contained a malicious JavaScript redirect script that attempted to take advantage of an unpatched Windows Help and Support Centre flaw (CVE-2010-1885) to infect the machines of visiting surfers."

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Re:"sex" is too vanilla to sell by Anonymous Coward · 2010-06-30 05:37 · Score: 5, Informative

Lets check the current list of smut...
bigtube.com
deviantclip.com
extremetube.com
fantasti.cc
hardsextube.com
new.hardcoreporntube.com
newsextube.org
pornhub.com
pornmix.com
slutload.com
spankwire.com
stileproject.com
tnaflix.com
wankspider.com
xhamster.com
xvideos.com
youporn.com
11.76% contain sex. And none will make you contract viruses of the electronic nor STD varieties.