From a security point of view, it makes sense to stay away from the darker side of the Web -- or at least crank up your security level before going there. However, TechWeb News reports that according to a report by Henry Levy and Steven Gribble, two University of Washington professors, gaming, music and celebrity sites are the ones most likely to have malware.
One in five of gaming site hosted spyware, said Levy and Gribble, the highest percentage of any neighborhood. Music placed second on the shame list, with 11.4 percent of domains infected (about one in nine).
Internet districts such as news and kids, meanwhile, were much safer. No infected news domains were spotted by Levy and Gribble, and only 1.6 percent of kids' sites hosted spyware.
On the good side, the number of infected sites fell dramatically between the two sweeps in May and October last year.
