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Internet Security Firm Sees More Malware on Religious Websites Than Porn Sites

May. 1, 2012 11:32am Liz Klimas

Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Finds More Malware on Religious Websites Compared to Porn Sites

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It may seem counterintuitive, but a new security report from the firm Symantec has found religious websites hold as much as three times more malicious malware compared to pornographic ones, according to PC World.

Although PC World notes reports that come from security firms also selling virus protection software, such as this annual I nternet Security Threat Report, should be taken with a “pinch of salt,” they still provide intriguing observations.

Here’s what the report had to say with regard to religious site malware:

Moreover, religious and ideological sites were found to have triple the average number of threats per infected site than adult/pornographic sites. We hypothesize that this is because pornographic website owners already make money from the internet and, as a result, have a vested interest in keeping their sites malware-free – it’s not good for repeat business.

PC World calls it a “notable discrepancy” that religious sites average about 115 security threats and adult websites only about 25 threats.

(Image: Symantec)

Overall Symantec reported an 80 percent increase of malware in 2011 compared to 2010. On a perhaps happier note, email spam has decreased from 88.5 percent of all email in 2010 to about 75.1 percent. PC World attributes this decrease to ”law enforcement action which shut down the Rustock worldwide botnet that was responsible for sending out large amounts of spam.”

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Comments (35)

tupp1313
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 9:45pm
I have been a long time Glenn Beck fan and supporter, but on numerous occasions this site and links have come up and been flagged as malicious content and ad-ware. Currently there is this alert by norton on the browser:

Viruses (what’s this?)
Threats found: 1
Here is a complete list: (for more information about a specific threat, click on the Threat Name below)
Threat Name: Fake App Attack: Fake AV Redirect 21
Location: http://www.theblaze.com

I want to think better of Glenn because I agree with him on just about everything, but this is concerning.

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- Suzanne D
  Posted on May 2, 2012 at 12:32am
  Sounds like a “false positive” that you should report to Norton so they can research it.
  
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- Salamander
  Posted on May 2, 2012 at 1:56am
  Or, maybe, The Blaze is subject to attack and occasionally penetrated!
  
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- Pontiac
  Posted on May 2, 2012 at 11:17pm
  Tried replying to this once, I guess my links got it blocked.
  Most likely the 3rd party advertisers aren’t screening their content.
  
  Internet Explorer is a sad joke, please stop using it…
  I don’t have these issues because I use the following:
  Firefox
  +
  Adblock Plus
  +
  Ghostery
  
  There are many more add-ons I use but those two are the most important ones.
  
  mozilla.org
  addons.mozilla.org
  
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Razlord
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 5:45pm
picking up 18 trackers from blaze…porn sites have muc h less.

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- OneShotPagan
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 9:40pm
  Yep … I’m showing 23 – 3 social, 7 ad and 13 companies
  
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- OneShotPagan
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 9:42pm
  yep … showing 23 – 13 companies, 7 ad networks and 3 social networks
  
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- Caniac Steve
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 9:44pm
  thats why i run my cootie scans twce daily
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:55pm
I wonder how many of the malware on religious sights are inspired and directed by the administration.

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- VanceUppercut
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 2:55pm
  @Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  
  None.
  
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blaaaaackwoman
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:42pm
Be careful of downloading wallpaper sized images of hot movie actresses.

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cromag11b
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:10pm
If you want to get it out there you got to seed it where the average intelligence and tech know how is the lowest.

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- blaaaaackwoman
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:40pm
  That’s funny!
  
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Bull Dog
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:03pm
Symantec considers the blaze as a computer threat…If you are running Nortons just look at the page report for site

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- Itsjusttim
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:15pm
  Well of course, because truth is always a threat.
  
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- Itsjusttim
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:24pm
  That’s like they plan to get rid of people, although never has there been so many people in the earth, and so they have no idea how much it is going to sabotage their own future existence keeping them from ever existing again.
  
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- KickinBack
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:25pm
  That’s because Itsjusttim registers as spam.
  
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- Itsjusttim
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:26pm
  And it is their very actions because of their blindness that will instigate it be so that hell and death will be cast onto the sea of fire forever and ever.
  
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- Bull Dog
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:43pm
  What are you smoking Tim? I’ve smoked plenty of stuff in my day but never anything that made me that weird!
  
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- lukerw
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:56pm
  While on TheBlaze… periodically… my Screen flashes lighter… and IE goes Dead… and this happens no where else… and Norton does not Help!
  
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- MAMMY_NUNN
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 3:56pm
  @ lukerw
  May I strongly suggest a different browser like Firefox, Opera or Chrome anything is safer than IE.
  
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- Bluntobj
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 7:02pm
  And little plug-ins like Ghostery and NoScript help.
  
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Itsjusttim
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:59am
The funny thing is that if most people chose to be Eunuchs for the sake of Heaven, then people would walk around nude and pay no attention to physical attributes.

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- Itsjusttim
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:04pm
  The funny thing is that if all the people in the world stripped off their clothes, then all could plainly see the people who are beasts and the people who are not.
  
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- Itsjusttim
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:08pm
  That must be why in the Bible people rent their clothes to display “Look, I’m not a beast.”
  
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- Itsjusttim
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:11pm
  That must be why Jesus stripped off his clothes and walked around washing the Apostle’s feet.
  
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- Conservative2
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 4:33pm
  Do you ever have coherent thoughts, that can be placed in one post?
  
  Your multi-posts are annoying, reminds me of a 16 year old with hormones a racing therefore they can’t seem get their thoughts together.
  
  Maybe we should refrain from posting until all thoughts are gathered into one post for a change!
  
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- Conservative2
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 4:37pm
  Tim, have you ever thought about taking the time to gather your thoughts Before you post?
  
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- KOseekingtruth
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 7:58pm
  @itsjusttim you seriously need to visit a doctor,you sound like a schizophrenic. You make no sense at all in your posts. Seriously please get some medical help.
  
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Itsjusttim
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:57am
One of the very first gutters that were dug by human beings is wearing clothes. Because our spirits aren’t the same, and certain body parts tell on them. Not that I want to see people in the super-market all nude, but people should be aware of the truth.

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NutterButter79
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:54am
These are some scary times for freedom and the internet.
Even the Tea Party is involved.
http://revolutioninmedia.com/2012/05/01/borg-tea-party-voted-to-kill-fourth/

Where is the sanity?

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FaithFamilyandFriends
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:52am
we need more businesses who aren’t afraid to show our country’s religious roots. here’s one that will either never be supported because no one knows about it or it will be attacked like this article states:

http://www.whitepinepatriot.com

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Itsjusttim
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:48am
Why is it animals are not obsessed with porn? Oh I know why, it’s because animals are not corrupt, and so they don’t have to go through the purification process.

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- MAMMY_NUNN
  Posted on May 1, 2012 at 3:59pm
  Have you ever seen a male dog humping another male dog, or humping your leg ?
  
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johnjamison
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:39am
Of course religious site are under attack more than porn sites…..the secular architects of the new society don’t want religion sites to grow. So they hit them virally to make people stop visiting them.

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