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Riskiest Web Domains To Visit

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the shocking-that-the-biggest-is-the-worst dept.

wiredmikey writes "According to a report released today, .COM is the riskiest top-level domain, the riskiest country domain is Vietnam (.VN). Japan's .JP ranks as the safest country domain for the second year in a row and TRAVEL as the safest overall domain. It's interesting to note that .JP (currently $89.99 at GoDaddy) and .TRAVEL ($89.99 at Moniker) domains are also some of the most expensive domains. Are cybercriminals getting cheap with other people's credit cards? Or do the higher price make it more risky?"

10 of 106 comments (clear)

  1. We need a new domain like .xxx by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We could call it .MALWARE or .INFECTED or .BADSTUFFINSTALLEDONYOURCOMPUTER. All the bad stuff would be relegated to this new domain.

    Please note that my idea is no less insightful than the referenced article which is very insightful.

    1. Re:We need a new domain like .xxx by PitaBred · · Score: 2, Funny

      All we have to do is check for the Evil Bit! Brilliant!

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  2. .cx is riskiest by Norsefire · · Score: 5, Funny

    Computers can be repaired, what has been seen cannot be unseen.

    1. Re:.cx is riskiest by tygerstripes · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's true, Christmas Island is gaping hole of malware.

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  3. Re:I'll just avoid all .com domains! by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is quite possibly the most pointless report ever compiled.

    Not according to travel.jp ;-)

  4. Re:Nice editing, again by gstoddart · · Score: 1, Funny

    No the higher price don' make risky, but the risky do the higher price... Are there any editors around here?

    Apparently, no.

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  5. Re:Don't give ICANN/domain registrars any ideas! by wastedlife · · Score: 3, Funny

    They can be hacked or host 3th party content (ADs?!)

    OH NOES!!! Not the dreaded thirth party content!

    Sorry, I couldn't help it. I'll probably fulfill Muphrey's law in some way with this post anyway.

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  6. Re:Surely by John+Hasler · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you kidding? Visit irs.gov and a third of your income vanishs.

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  7. Re:I'll just avoid all .com domains! by RDW · · Score: 4, Funny

    'This is quite possibly the most pointless report ever compiled.'

    It doesn't even warn about the most dangerous TLD of all, ".pl", which is really just a trick to get the victim to execute a Perl script! URLs with this suffix usually map to a site with unintelligible placeholder text (looks like rot13 or something, e.g.: http://www.linux.pl/ ) but by the time you see this the script has already been run and the damage done!

  8. Re:Surely by SheeEttin · · Score: 2, Funny

    And ~5% of your vowels, it seems!