Which domains are most risky?

The Internet security company SiteAdvisor has released a study that shows which top-level domains that are most risky to visit.

 

Their report shows that people surfing on nordic sites with the tld’s, .se (Sweden), .fi (Finland), .no (Norway), .is (Iceland) and also the irish .ie do not need to worry about viruses, hijackings or other risks like spam.

 

The most risky larger country are Romania (.ro, 5.6% risky sites) followed by Russia (.ru, 4.5% risky sites). These country TLDs are most likely to host exploit sites.

 

.info is the riskiest generic TLD, with 7.5% of its sites rated as risky. And for the second place we have the .com, with 5.5% of sites rated as risky.

 

Small island nations, often known for their free and anonymous registrations, are in the top of the list. The ones in the “lead” are:

 

 

Does this mean that we have to worry all the time when surfing the wild web? I do not think so, if we just use our common sense when surfing it is quite risk free.

April 12, 2007 | Filed Under Domains 

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One Response to “Which domains are most risky?”

  1. Marc on April 13th, 2007 4:17 am

    Those are some interesting stats. I should have known Scandinavian TLDs would be the safest.

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