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AVAST ANTIVIRUS WARNS CONSUMERS TO BEWARE OF “AMERICA’S MOST WANTED“ WEBSITES
(PRAGUE, Czech Republic, June XX, 2010) – This summer, consumers will continue to scour the web to keep up with their interests and news. While surfing the Internet is statistically safer than, say surfing in Hawaii, it is not a risk free activity. Around 85 percent of new computer infections are contracted via the internet; largely through the 396,679 hijacked and malicious web pages which avast! identified in May. Landing on an infected site is as simple as just looking for something … games, Hollywood gossip, even recipes. To keep Americans protected during the hectic summer, AVAST Software, providers of the avast! antivirus program, has released the first of its “America’s Most Wanted” roster of the most infected websites, alerting consumers to beware of the month’s infected websites as well as trends and site genres to approach with caution. avast! virus labs uncovered an overwhelming popular culture theme during May for the most infected types of websites. Games, celebrities and celebrity gossip, anime, and television- and movie-related domains have been infecting users’ computers with malware and other viruses. Following is a sampling from the month’s “Most Wanted” list:1 Actionfigurecustoms.com AllCelebsFree.com AnimeBreaker.com AnimeFuel.com Anime-Vids.com CoachHandbagOutlet.net FindACeleb.com Galacticflashgames.com Gamefactoryinteractive.com Games9x.com Flashgames247.com TimBurtonCollective.com
AVAST Software receives non-stop information about infected sites thanks to its CommunityIQ global network of sensors. This data, taken from the actual web browsing experiences of an opt-in group, is then used to protect all avast! users by blocking their access to infected sites. During May 2010, avast! kept over one million users a day from accessing infected sites. The number of visits to individual infected sites jumped by 52%, with each site receiving an average 89 visitors, up from the previous level of 59. At the same time, the number of reported infected domains dropped by over 30% to 396,679. “This is bad news for the general public as it means there are more infections at high profile, legitimate sites with a high visit rate,” explains Ondrej Vlcek, avast! Chief Technology Officer. “Sites are targeted just because they are commonly visited. This is true for pop culture sites, especially ones that focus on celebrities and celebrity gossip. While users should be cautious, most on-line hazards can simply not be seen. For this reason, avast! is more reliable than your own eyes for keeping malware out of your computer.” Additionally, avast! found that sites like Ask.com and EarthLink.net put users at risk in a different way – savvy computer hackers target these top-level domains to redirect the user to their own separate page which then infects the user‘s computer. To help keep users protected against the month’s most infected websites, avast! offers the following ways to steer clear of hackers and malware:
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AVAST Software Phone: 00420-274-005-787 E-mail: pr@avast.com www.avast.com 1 The avast! CommunityIQ detected and confirmed infections at the listed websites during the month of May. Directory: wp-content -> uploads -> 2011 2011 -> Voices of the Old Sea Norman Lewis 2011 -> Malevil Robert Merle 2011 -> The Elephant Keeper’s Children Peter Hoeg 2011 -> Jv packet •Mars Colonization Affirmative •Mars Colonization Negative 2011 -> Registration Form (Rev. 8-86) omb no. 1024-0018 2011 -> All America Looks Up to Virginia;” Virginia and the Declaration of Independence 2011 -> Rao bulletin 2011 -> Christopher Columbus was born between 25 August and 31 October 1451 in 2011 -> The Battle of Frenchtown (1855), Washington Territory: the Political and Demographic Context rev 9/4/11 2011 -> Seti aff •seti neg •Asteroids Aff Download 14.63 Kb. Share with your friends:
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