Monday, December 7, 2009

Irish websites are safest in Europe

Irish top level domain (TLD), .ie, websites are the safest in Europe, according to new research from McAfee.

More than 27 million country and generic web domains were analysed as part of the research, with each calculated for a 'weighted risk ratio'. This was carried out by testing websites for exploits, excessive pop-ups and malicious downloads, giving the sites that failed a rating.

The UK did not fair either, with 'Mapping the Mal Web' report reporting stating that the UK was 55th safest when it comes to website domains.

The most riskiest web domain was Cameroon (.cm), with 36.7% of sites with that suffix showing up as a potential security risk. Read More

Courtesy: RTE News

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