Forbes/McAfee: Riskiest TLDs

[Alan Glennon]

An article ranking the web's riskiest tlds (based on percentage of malicious content):
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2007/03/12/web-domain-risk-tech-security-cx_ll_0312mcafee.html

From the article, "The riskiest generic domain name of all is '.info'; sites there have a 7.5% chance of being dangerous."

The World's Riskiest Web Domains:
No. 1: Tokelau (.tk)
No. 2: Information (.info)
No. 3: Samoa (.ws)
No. 4: Romania (.ro)
No. 5: Commercial (.com)
No. 6: Business (.biz)
No. 7: Russia (.ru)
No. 8: Network (.net)
No. 9: Families and Individuals (.name)
No. 10: Slovakia (.sk)

Update: I found the source report that describes methods and provides all the finding details:
http://www.siteadvisor.com/studies/map_malweb_mar2007.html

 

[Barrucadu]

Well, i'm not suprised that .tk is the top.

 

[RogueWriter]

.info is really up there, jeeese.

 

[armstrong]

.com is more risky than .biz and .net? How did that happen?

 

[abdussamad]

.com is more risky than .biz and .net? How did that happen?

Its more widely used by spammers and legitimate businesses alike

 

[labrocca]

How is .ru not top 3? I automatically ban all .ru email registrations on my sites.

 

[Alan Glennon]

I found the full McAfee report online:
http://www.siteadvisor.com/studies/map_malweb_mar2007.html

It describes the methodology and key findings. Quite interesting.

.info is really up there, jeeese.

I think that is the result of cheap registration. If reg's stay so cheap, I'd expect .info to rapidly gain a terrible reputation.

 

[iNod]

You got to remember that the more domain registers the more bad sites there has to be. The lower the amount of domain registers the lower the amount of bad sites there has to be to get the same precent.

Plus .com have been widely used by business users..

As for the .ru I think the fact that it is a cctld, limited to pretty much anyone who speaks Russian.. Will there is alot of Russian hackers, most don't generally put hijacking stuff on there site.. Atleast as much as lets say a globally avaliable "free" domain like .tk or a cheap one like .info..

- Steve

 

[Keynes]

Well, the worst TLD is better than the best STD...but still, that .tk is pretty nasty