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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTop porn sites 'pose growing malware risk' to users
Source: BBC
10 April 2013 Last updated at 12:34 GMT
Top porn sites 'pose growing malware risk' to users
By Dave Lee
Technology reporter, BBC News
Browsing some of the internet's most popular pornography websites is increasingly putting visitors at risk, research has found.
Advertisements displayed by the sites, which are visited by millions every day, were found to be installing harmful files without users' knowledge.
Researcher Conrad Longmore found that two popular sites - xhamster.com and pornhub.com - posed the greatest risk.
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While none of the porn sites observed hosted any malware themselves, it was the embedded advertisements within their pages that created problems for users.
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Top porn sites 'pose growing malware risk' to users
By Dave Lee
Technology reporter, BBC News
Browsing some of the internet's most popular pornography websites is increasingly putting visitors at risk, research has found.
Advertisements displayed by the sites, which are visited by millions every day, were found to be installing harmful files without users' knowledge.
Researcher Conrad Longmore found that two popular sites - xhamster.com and pornhub.com - posed the greatest risk.
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While none of the porn sites observed hosted any malware themselves, it was the embedded advertisements within their pages that created problems for users.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22093141
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Eugene
Apr 2013
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hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)1. It's a plot!
unblock
(52,319 posts)2. Whooda thunk?
jorno67
(1,986 posts)3. My eldery Dad keeps getting malware on his computer....
He says he has no idea why...He just doesn't understand how that keeps happening. His browser history tells a different story.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)4. And they used to be so sanitary.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)5. They had to conduct actual research to figure this out?
Actually, if pronography were legal everywhere it could be regulated and sites like this would get into trouble for such sh*t
edhopper
(33,615 posts)7. Yes but....