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 Post subject: 85% of Malicious Sites Only Online for 24 Hours
PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:46 pm 
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By Carrie-Ann Skinner

Tue, April 21, 2009 — PC Advisor (UK) — More than 80 percent of websites that had been poisoned with malicious code between 2008 and 2009 were removed within 24 hours, says AVG.

The security vendor's Web Threat Profile Report estimated that on any one day between 8 and 14 million web users are being exposed to social engineering scams, such hoax Facebook pages or rogue security apps that encourages surfers to download malicious software to their PC.

nwz Continued @ CIO.com

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