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Old 12-22-2009, 05:02 PM
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The information (.info) domain is the most "spammy," domain with 17.2% of its sites generating junk mail.

The domain has an overall risk of 15.8%, as compared to 11.7% in 2008. The risk associated with .info registered domains is largely spam related.
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At No. 6 on the riskiest Web domains list is Philippines (.ph). The domain has an overall risk level of 13.1%, compared to 7.7% last year.

Philippines (.ph) registered sites are more similar to China than Samoa, with risk weighted towards spam and phishing than related to downloads.
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Old 12-23-2009, 04:17 AM
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Seventh riskiest web domain is Network (.net) with the overall risk percentage of 5.8%. As compared to this year's figure, the domain recorded a higher security risk of 6.3% last year.
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Entering for the first time in the top 10 list is Former Soviet Union (.su) domain. Ranked at no. 8, the domain poses a security risk of 5.2%.

The report says risky registrations using the former Soviet Union (.SU) domain are evenly distributed between phishing and risky download activity.
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Ninth riskiest Web domain is Russia (.ru) with an overall risk percentage of 4.6%. Last year, the domain posed a security risk of 6%.

Russian (.RU) registered site risk is distributed in a roughly 3:2:1 ratio for malicious downloads, phishing and spam.
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