by certifiedbug on August 30, 2008
in Security
by certifiedbug on June 4, 2008
in News
According to a report released today by antivirus software vendor McAfee Inc.
The second annual McAfee “Mapping the Mal Web” report into the riskiest and safest places on the Web reveals that 19.2% of all Web sites ending in the “.hk” domain pose a security threat1 to Web users. China (.cn) is second this year with over 11%. By contrast, Finland (.fi) remains the safest online destination for the second year with 0.05%, followed by Japan (.jp).
Basing that on TLD seems flawed to me and when I see this;
The domain risk assessments come from the McAfee SiteAdvisor site rating database.
I think of this; xpsecuritycenter Rogue Security Program
by certifiedbug on May 9, 2008
in Rogue
xpsecuritycenter has only two pages in Google at the moment, it may not be regarded as a serious threat as it was noticed in the Spring of 2008. However, xpsecuritycenter belongs to a family of rogues.
Many people rely on Site Advisor to check if a domain is good or bad, but site advisor is extremely slow to test and rate, surprising as the site belongs to Symantec McAfee.
For instance malwarebell.com was added to Symantec.com’s Rapid Release April 16, 2008
Yet at Site Advisor it still isn’t rated as of writing, and what about pandora-software.com which was given a green rank.
We tested this site and didn’t find any significant problems.
The domain name might have been a tip off.
An experienced reviewer at Site Advisor posted January 2008 that pandora-software.com is a malicious domain.
Bharath’s Security Blog: Saga of IE Defender Family
If you don’t have a HOSTS File other than the default one in Microsoft Windows please consider:
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File
