Spotting malware Web sites is becoming increasingly difficult and there's a grey area between good and evil. In this entertaining Google Tech Talk, Searching For Evil, Professor Ross Anderson from the University of Cambridge challenges his audience -- and you -- to spot the scams.
Some of the things that emerge are that "The top Google ad is about twice as likely as the top free search result to be malicious," and "Web sites that display trust certifications are twice as likely to be wicked". Also, take extra care when sites ask for payment by Western Union: "irrevocable payments seem to be almost always a dead giveaway," says Anderson.
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