Be careful with websites that contain the keyword "free" in the results returned from search.
Search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Live ... has created a method of marketing based on keywords (SEO, SEM) to help find information easily, quickly over the Internet. But some keywords the user entered to be hackers exploited.
Last week, on 27/5/2009, a security software McAfee has 1 published study titled "The keywords most dangerous on the web." The report described the crime information is desired maximize profits by looking for "market" larger. The number of people searching for information hot events, application or gadget gift card on the Internet.
Crime information is very slim, "Jeff Green, vice president for McAfee's products, that" hackers like sharks smell blood scent found in water, they will create a website filled ads, code and wait in topics that become John and trap users to the network when they find out. "
McAfee has research on the 2600 popular keywords (based on the Google Zeitgeist, Yahoo! Buzz ...) to determine the level of risk of each word. The term "maximum risk" specified percentage of the biggest risks that users may encounter on a search results page (research results using 10, Google's default).
Real surprise when searching for a sensitive "Viagra", a word very common in spam, only a small percentage%. While most risk related to the keyword "screensavers" rate risk maximum 56.1%. This means that when typing "screensavers" into the search box, there will be 6 page website that contains malicious code. Results related to health almost safest.
In 14 countries in Europe, Australia, South America ..., keywords similar rate risk higher in the United States. Report that, which can be evidence shows that America is not the object "priority" of the trend of this new attack.
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