Do you know what are the most riskiest domains in the web ?

McAfee, a security agency, released its annual, “Mapping the Mal Web” report naming the riskiest domains in the web worldwide. Disturbingly, most of the riskiest domains come from Asia-Pacific region.

The following are the top 10 riskiest domains in the web:

1. Cameroon (.cm) – Cameroon from Africa got in the top list for 2009 overthrowing Hong Kong (.hk) as the web’s riskiest domain for 2008. With a risk rating of 1.1%, Hong Kong dropped to the 34th place this year. It is a small African country bordering Nigeria. It’s the first time that Cameroon entered the list getting the top spot with the risk rate of 36.7%. Most of the time, users mistype .com to .cm making it as the common typo for domains. Because of this, many cyber criminals decides to come up with fake typo-squatting sites redirecting users to download malicious downloads, spyware, adware and others.

2. Commercial (.com) – .com is considered as the most common domain, also getting more and more dangerous as of 2009. It has been in the ninth place in 2008 and grabbing the second most dangerous domain for 2009. It is also the most risky generic top level domain (TLD).

3. China (.cn) – The third spot belongs to China with the risk rating of 23.4% while having a 11.8% risk rate in 2008. McAfee’s report shows that websites registered with the .cn are more related spam sites.

4. Samoa (.ws) – Samoa is in fourth place with a 17.8% risk percentage compared to its security risk of 3.8% the other year. It has been reported that Samoan-registered domains are known risky for its activities like phishing and malicious downloading. Together with China, Samoa stayed in the top 5 riskiest domains since 2008.

5. Information (.info) – With 15.8% risk rate for 2009 and 11.7% for 2008, .info is considered as the most spammy domain because its sites generates a lot of junk mail. Its activity is largely spam related.

6. Philippines (.ph) – Philippines marked the sixth spot with the overall risk level of 13.1% as compared to its 2008’s risk rate of 7.7%. Its registered sites are getting more into spam and phishing than the malicious downloads.

7. Network (.net) – The seventh riskiest domain is the Network (.net) having the risk rate of 5.8% compared to its higher security risk in 2008.

8. Former Soviet Union (.su) – Former Soviet Union joined the top list for the first time, with the 5.2% security risk. Reports noted that its domains are mainly used linking phishing and malicious download activity.

9. Russia (.ru) – Russia is in the ninth place getting a risk rate of 4.6%. In 2008, it has a security risk of 6%. Domains from Russia are distributed for phishing, spam and malicious downloads.

10. Singapore (.sg) – Next to the Philippines belonging to the Asia-Pacific country, Singapore had the tenth place with the overall risk of 4.6%, compared to 0.3% last year. .sg domains were distributed evenly for spam and download activity.

The riskiest domain for malicious downloads comes from Romania (.ro). 21% of its domains are offering viruses, spyware and adware. The Government (.gov) domain is the safest domain for having 0% risk. Japan (.jp) domains got a rating of 0.1% proving to be the safest country domain in the web.

The “Mapping the Mal Web” report just shows how smart the cyber criminals are they quickly change their strategies to attract more victims without being caught. Attackers prefer to target places where it will be cheap and convenient for them to register their sites.

How Can Techie Now Help?

McAfee has named the world’s riskiest domains. With the cyber criminals roaming the web, any domain from any country can be affected by these phishing, spam and malicious downloads. It just proved that it’s really not that safe when it comes to browsing the web. The right thing to do is to make sure that you have a security software ready in your computer for protection. If you are looking for services that can protect your computer, you can trust Techie Now with that. Contact us now for any PC support services like virus and spyware removal, performance optimization, installation and configuration and general repair.

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Computers are widely used by people nowadays. With everyone being hooked up with Internet, computers are of big help for having fun, gaining knowledge and earning a living. Everyone is just eager to have their own computers and enjoy the benefits of these high tech equipments. Having a computer is not that easy especially when it comes to maintenance. Computer owners have to deal with malware. Do you know what a malware is?

Not techie people are not familiar with this malware thing. Some people are just concerned in how and where they’re going to use their computers. For a start, a Malware is software made for penetrating a computer without the informed consent of the owner. It is also called malicious software. It is one of the causes of annoyance of computer professionals. In other words, Malware is a program or file that is harmful to the user.

Ever heard of “computer” viruses? They are also types of malware. Also include worms, Trojan horses, rootkits, spyware, dishonest adware, crimeware and other malicious and unwanted software. Viruses and worms are the best-known types of malware. Any computer is always at risk of becoming infected with them. Some malware are made to do serious damage to the computer causing harm or data loss. Some are not harmless but annoying.

Malware is not faulty software.  The difference lies in the intent. Malware is written with an ilegitimate purpose. They can be accessed through the Internet, by World Wide Web or be sent in e-mail or instant messages. As a computer user, you must follow the below steps to reduce the risk of getting infected:

1. Be careful in opening e-mail messages or IM attachments. Make sure that they come from a trusted source.
2. Scan e-mail attachments before opening them.
3. Don’t read unwanted messages.
4. Don’t click links given by strange people.
5. Terminate your IM session if someone is sending you suspicious files, links or messages.
6. Scan all your files before transferring it to your computer.
7. Use a updated malware software removal for your computer security.

How will you know if your computer is infected with a malware?

Most times you can tell that a computer is infected with a Malware as it malfunctions and slows down. It also displays repeated error messages. You always experience having problems in shutting down and restarting the computer. A lot of pop-up ads always appear when you are and not surfing the web. However, sometimes you ay not notice anything as the malware cleverly hides itself while it performs ilegimate actions as such steal or sype on your information.

As soon as you know that your computer has acquired a malware, you must not do shopping, banking and other online activities that required getting personal information from you because you might be victimized by thieves online. It is advisable that you have active and current security software – anti-virus, firewall or spyware software – installed to protect your computer.

Always monitor your computer. Take immediate action if you find something unusual happening in your computer. Malware can be a big problem but it can be prevented if you want to. Prevention is still better than cure. Don’t let Malware be a threat to your system. Protect your computer now!

How Can Techie Now Help?

Your computer is not safe from being infected with the increasing malware over the Internet. They are everywhere! So you better protect your PC now with a good antivirus. If you need help choosing antivirus or if you think your antivirus is not effective then come to www.TechieNow.com. Techie Now is the PC support provider you can trust in for your computer security. We can assist you in any PC support services that you need. With us, you can be sure that your PC is protected 24/7.

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Dirtiest sites in the Internet

Internet has been a part of the everyday lives for most of us. People tend to be online to communicate with everyone, shop, bank, etc.  With many people using the Internet, comes different websites to visit. They enjoy the pleasure of being in the web for so long without considering whether the sites are safe or not. But people should be careful enough not to engage with sites that will deceive them, steal their personal information or harm their computers.

Norton Safe Web, Symantec’s Web site rating service created as site called “Dirtiest Web Sites of Summer 2009”. They include 100 “worst of the worst” sites detected with high number of threats as of August 2009.

It is not surprising that 48% of the Dirtiest Web sites include adult content.  Some of the sites do not seem risky at all and they treat topics such as catering, deer hunting, figure skating, legal services, and buying electronics. The most common threat found in the Dirtiest list is Malware – especially viruses – followed by security risks and browser exploits. Just clicking or visiting a site with all these threats will put your computer at risk of being infected. The worse of all, identity thieves will be able to access your personal and financial information.

Research made by Symantec shows that online threats are increasing and evolving as cybercriminals find new more ways to steal assets, identity and money. The sites on the Dirtiest list have an average of 18,000 threats per site while 40 of the sites have in excess of 20,000 threats.

Here are some of the Dirtiest Web Sites:

• 17ebook.com – 118 threats
• aladel.net – 32939 threats
• clicnews.com – 8564 threats
• fantasticfilms.ru – 4779 threats
• ginedis.com – 15127 threats
• hdvideoforums.org – 5722 threats
• hihanin.com – 7241 threats
• kingfamilyphotoalbum.com – 10999 threats
• mactep.org  – 16594  threats
• marbling.pe.kr – 9138 threats
• nacjalneg.info – 3624 threats
• pronline.ru – 5909 threats
• purplehoodie.com – 11235 threats
• qsng.cn – 48 threats
• seksburada.net – 1505 threats
• stock888.cn – 122 threats
• tathli.com – 812 threats
• teamclouds.com – 10123 threats
• xnescat.info – 3624 threats
• yt118.com – 4438 threats

Source: http://safeweb.norton.com/

How Can Techie Now Help?

Unfortunately, it is not enough to keep far away from these identified sites. There are many other sites which are not in this list and look quite safe but can give your computer and yourself major problems. The most common threat found in the Dirtiest list is Malware and specially viruses, Techie Now will be happy to removed them for you.

Our virus removal services will analyze your computer infection, identify security risks and remove all Malware.  Don’t let those viruses harm your computer. Stop them now! Techie Now’s virus removal services will make everything easy for you.

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