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June 3, 2008 9:01 PM PDT

McAfee: Beware the .hk domain, among others
Posted by Elinor Mills

McAfee released a study late on Tuesday that indicates the domains that tend to be the most dangerous or malware-prone on the Web, and at the top of the list is the Hong Kong (.hk) domain.

The McAfee Mal Web report, which serves as a safety guidebook to risky online neighborhoods, reveals that 19.2 percent of all Web sites ending with the .hk domain pose a security threat to Web users, followed by China (.cn), the Philippines (.ph), Romania (.ro) and Russia (.ru).
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By contrast, the safest domains on the Web are Finland (.fi), Japan (.jp), Norway (.no), Slovenia (.si), and Colombia (.co).

In general, the chance of downloading spyware, adware, viruses, or other undesirable software from surfing the Web increased 41.5 percent over 2007, the report found.

To arrive at these conclusions, McAfee researchers used the company's SiteAdvisor tool, which crawls the Web and clicks "yes" to test everything from downloadable software, screensavers, and peer-to-peer file-sharing clients to photo upload utilities, and e-mail and newsletter sign-ups.