How ironic that Google allows you to initiate a Web search by clicking on a button labeled "I'm Feeling Lucky." The button is supposed to take you to the first Web site that turns up in your search. Instead, it just might take you to malware hell.
In a preliminary report issued by Google in early February (see All Your iFrames Point to Us in the Google blog), researchers reveal the depth of the worldwide malware problem and conclude “the scope of the problem is significant.” This isn’t news if you’ve ever have to clean up the mess left behind after a malware infection. But if you’re feeling fairly confident that you do enough to protect yourself and the other users on your network, this report should open your eyes to the real world, and it’s not pretty.
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