McAfee -the most dangerous Country Domains

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by tobycoke, Dec 2, 2009.

  1. #1
    http://newsroom.mcafee.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=3600

    McAfee ranks country domains based on % of risky websites

    Riskiest Web Domains
    .cm Cameroon 36.7% of .cm websites pose security risks
    .cn China 23.4%
    .ws Samoa 17.8%
    .ph Philippines 13.1%
    .su Former Soviet Union 5.2%

    Safest Web Domains
    .jp Japan .1%
    .ie Ireland .1%
    .hr Croatia .1%
    .lu Luxembourg .1%
    .vu Vanuatu .2%

    Using the award-winning McAfee® SiteAdvisor® technology and data from McAfee® TrustedSource™ technology, McAfee analyzed more than 27 million country and generic Web domains and calculated a weighted risk ratio. McAfee SiteAdvisor tests Web sites for browser exploits, phishing, excessive pop-ups and malicious downloads and gives sites that fail a rating. McAfee TrustedSource technology is a comprehensive Internet reputation system that analyzes Web traffic patterns, site behavior, hosted content, and more, to provide insight into site security risk.
     
    tobycoke, Dec 2, 2009 IP
  2. Steve Powers

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    wow,it sounds a little interesting,but I have been using a kind of anti-virus software named mcafee.I think it's pretty good.But I never think of the problem you said above.
     
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    .HK- A big improver becoming less risky now.
     
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    bdprem.com Well-Known Member

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    I think .ru & .nl is the most risky domain. But .cn is not really risky. Because, so many exclusive domain registered on .cn.
     
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    thank you for saying so, i'm just from China.
     
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    .cn China 23.4%
    how to explain this?
     
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    .in is also good and improving security website
     
    iwillguide, Dec 3, 2009 IP