» Worlds Most Dangerous Web Domains PC Safety: Remove Spyware/Adware/Malware

Published in June 6th, 2008

Hong Kong domain has jumped 28 places as the most dangerous place to surf and search on the web according to a new McAfee report called “Mapping the Mal Web Revisited” which was released recently. Hong Kong takes the mantle from Tokelau, a tiny island of 1,500 inhabitants in the South Pacific.

The report reveals that 19.2 percent of all Web sites ending in the .hk domain pose a security threat to Web users. China (.cn) is the second most dangerous place to surf on the Web with 11 percent of all Web sites ending in .cn posing a security threat to Web users.

“We looked at the major categories, including exploits by drive-by downloads, spam, and downloads that come with malware such as viruses,” says McAfee analyst Shane Keats about the security company’s new report, titled “Mapping the Mal Web Revisited.” He describes the report as a bit like a “Lonely Planet” travel guide for the Web, adding, “Danger on the Web is very fluid.”

The overall prevalence of exploit code on Web sites — one factor of several used to calculate overall risk– remains relatively low at 0.07%. Thus, in 10,000 Web site visits, seven sites on average would expose the visitor to a potential computer infection.

Whether or not the visitor’s computer became infected would depend on the virulence of the malware and on the security software, settings, and characteristics of the machine in question.

Here are the world top 5 most dangerous and safest web domains;

Most Dangerous Web Domains