Religious Sites Are Greater Security Risk Than Porn Destinations [STUDY]

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Lauren Indvik
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Religious Sites Are Greater Security Risk Than Porn Destinations [STUDY]

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Your computer is more likely to contract a virus by visiting a religious website than a porn site, according to the surprising results of a study released this week.

According to the company behind the report, Internet security firm

Websites categorized as "blogs/web communications" are the most likely to contain malicious code: a full one in five websites in that category were identified by Symantec as "infected." They're followed by "hosting/personal hosted" sites (15.6%) and "business/economy" (10%).

Approximately 2.4% of pornographic sites contain malware. The reason porn sites are relatively malware-free?

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