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Top 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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