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Most dangerous keywords to search for

Thu, Jun 4, 2009

Security

Dancho Danchev posted on the release of a McAfee report that analyzes what keywords are the most dangerous in terms of the search results linking to malware.

“Upon searching for 2,658 unique popular keywords and phrases across 413,368 unique URLs, McAfee’s research concludes that lyrics and anything that includes ‘free” has the highest risk percentage of exposing users to malware and fraudulent web sites. The research further states that the category with the safest risk profile are health-related search terms.”

It’s an interesting read.

–Chris

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