McAfee Names The Most Dangerous Domains (.info)

[MJ]

http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208402153


Wow, this will surly affect a lot of us domainers. McAfee has named .info, .ro, .ws, .biz, .cn as sites most likely to cause damage to the user's computer. This is sure to cause an uproar and affect the prices of those domains.

"The top five domains ranked in terms of the prevalence of dangerous downloads are .info (21.95%); .ro (14.18%), .ws (12.5%); .biz (11.64%); .cn (10.75%). "

http://us.mcafee.com/en-us/local/docs/Mapping_Mal_Web.pdf?cid=45044

Here is the direct link to their study. I imagine .info is higher percentage of exploits than other domains because the price - they are usually around 99 cents to buy, thus anyone can get them.

 

[Dave_Z]

This is sure to cause an uproar and affect the prices of those domains.

Or maybe not, depending on how many will cause an uproar.

It's unfortunate the actions of a few can affect the actions of the many. Time
to rethink.

 

[lpstong]

Nice to keep up to date on this info. But it already was posted earlier in the day in the same topic area.

http://www.namepros.com/industry-news/477564-new-report-identifies-dangerous-web-domains.html

 

[MJ]

DOH! thanks lpstrong