Website that harm your computer

[canetoad]

The Age
Top 100 virus-infected websites exposed
August 20, 2009
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/top-100-virusinfected-websites-exposed-20090820-erc8.html

The 100 websites most affected by viruses each have about 18,000 nasties to attack net users' computers, an internet security company says.

Simply visiting one of the "Top 100 Dirtiest" websites - without downloading or even clicking anything - could expose your computer to infection and put your personal information into the hands of criminals, anti-virus software company Norton Symantec said.

...<snip>

A staggering 75 per cent of websites on the list were found to be distributing "malware" for more than six months.

Malware is malicious software that can damage or compromise a computer system without the owner's consent.
Websites that made the list include:

* 17ebook.co
* aladel.net
* bpwhamburgorchardpark.org
* clicnews.com
* dfwdiesel.net
* divineenterprises.net
* fantasticfilms.ru
* gardensrestaurantandcatering.com
* ginedis.com
* gncr.org
* hdvideoforums.org
* hihanin.com
* kingfamilyphotoalbum.com
* likaraoke.com
* mactep.org
* magic4you.nu
* marbling.pe.kr
* nacjalneg.info
* pronline.ru
* purplehoodie.com
* qsng.cn
* seksburada.net
* sportsmansclub.net
* stock888.cn
* tathli.com
* teamclouds.com
* texaswhitetailfever.com
* wadefamilytree.org
* xnescat.info
* yt118.com


*The Family Tree sites interest me. I imagine that hackers have aimed at sites run by inexperienced webmasters and a naive captive audience.

Edit: Add link to article

[hobbit709]

1. Now if Norton would do a better job of protection.

Instead of just telling us about it.

[canetoad]

2. Yeah, I know

and appreciate the irony in Norton being the one to publish this. If you follow the link in the newspaper article, it goes to a Norton page where you can look up IP addresses to see if they are dodgy. My conspiracious mind says this is a marketing ploy from Norton to win back trust. :shrug:

[RoyGBiv]

3. That's better than mine ...

I would not be at all surprised to learn that Norton was the owner of all those domains.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

4. Looks like It's time to update my HOSTS file...