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Over the past year Google research has found over 3 million websites with pages that tried to get their visitors to download malicious software such as spyware, viruses, and Trojans. That works out to 1 in every 1000 sites.

These ‘dive-by downloads’, that happen without the user knowing they have downloaded anything, have become much more popular in recent years.

Even if you only visit trustworthy sites you may still be a risk because malicious hackers can embed code on them which opens windows to other dangerous sites. Google looked into this and found that visiting un-reputable sites was only slightly more risky than visiting reputable ones.

So what can you do to help prevent your computer from getting Malware (Malicious Software)?

  • Always keep you software up-to-date. Especially make sure your operating system and internet browser is updated as updates become available.
  • Install a trusted anti-virus and anti-spyware software. Here at LANcom we use NOD32 anti-threat software.

To read more about Googles malware findings click here

Hat tip to Computer World for the idea for this post