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McAfee Report On 'Most Dangerous Search Terms'

PostPosted: Fri May 29, 2009 1:29 am
by asha
McAfee has recently released a report on 'The web's most dangerous search terms'-that displays risky results.
According to the results search terms 'lyrics' & 'free' display the largest number of risky results. Beware! 'Screen Savers' are included in the most riskiest category. The safer ones are the health related and economic crisis related keywords.
The report has a special section on country-specific dangerous search terms and Canada's most dangerous search terms includes lyrics, kijiji, Pamela Anderson...
You can view the detailed report

Re: McAfee Report On 'Most Dangerous Search Terms'

PostPosted: Fri May 29, 2009 4:40 am
by douglas
A very useful post Asha. When go through the details, it is found that the most vulnerable search string that scammers most interested with are
1. Screensavers
2. Free Games
3. Work From Home
It confirms that scammers consider popular tends when deciding which victims to get.