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Dangerous Web Domains Identified

McAfee found the most dangerous domains to navigate to are “.hk” (Hong Kong), “.cn” (China) and “.info” (information). Dangerous which means malicious malware sites or just plain old spammy sites.

Of all “.hk” sites McAfee tested, it flagged 19.2 percent as dangerous or potentially dangerous to visitors; it flagged 11.8 percent of “.cn” sites and 11.7 percent of “.info” sites that way.

A little more than 5 percent of the sites under the “.com” domain — the world’s most popular — were identified as dangerous.

McAfee found some of the least-risky domain names:

• “.gov” (government use), with 0.05 percent flagged;

• “.jp” (Japan), with 0.1 percent flagged and

• “.au” (Australia), with 0.3 percent flagged.

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One Response to "Dangerous Web Domains Identified"

  1. ken from Uk web hosting says:

    I can see info because the domain names where cheaper and it had alot of good ones left. China and hong kong domain names maybe because they are not regulated like the other countries are.

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