New report lists dangerous Web domains

Jordan Robertson
Posted: Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 2217 hrs IST
Updated: Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 2217 hrs IST

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: serving malicious code, excessive pop-up ads or forms to fill out that actually are tools for harvesting e-mail addresses for sending spam.

Keats said domain name registrars that are strict about authenticating that website owners are operating a legitimate business see far fewer malicious websites using their services.

Where McAfee found some of the least-risky domain names: “.gov” (government use), with 0.05% flagged; “.jp” (Japan), with 0.1% flagged and “.au” (Australia), with 0.3% flagged.

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