McAfee recently posted a very interesting article about the Most Toxic Superheroes (#toxicsuperhero) that result in the greatest number of risky websites when you search for them online.
Basically this boils down to searching for things like “Superman” & “movie” together. It is a very interesting article that I wanted to share with you.
Here is some more info taken from the original post:
The research found that searching for the latest “Aquaman and free torrent download,” “Aquaman and watch,” “Aquaman and online,” and “Aquaman and free trailer” yields a 18.6% chance of landing on a website that has tested positive for online threats, such as spyware, adware, spam, phishing, viruses and other malware.
The study uses McAfee® SiteAdvisor® site ratings, which indicate which sites are risky to search for celebrity names on the Web and calculate an overall risk percentage. The top Superheroes from the research with the highest percentage of risk are:
- Aquaman 18.60%
- Mr. Fantastic 18.22%
- The Hulk 17.30%
- Wonder Woman 16.77%
- Daredevil 16.70%
- Iron Man 15.63%
- Superman 15.21%
- Thor 15.10%
- Green Lantern 15.00%
- Cyclops 14.40%
- Wolverine 14.27%
- Invisible Woman 12.40%
- Batman 12.30%
- Captain America 11.77%
- Spider-Man 11.15%
This is very interesting – I really wonder why people search for Aquaman – I mean come on, the only time he can save you is if you are drowning!
What are your thoughts?