2009 will be a better year for internet security?

Posted by editor on December 19, 2008

Will next year a better year for internet security? If the report from McAfee below is right, it may seem so:

The investigation, conducted by McAfee(R) SiteAdvisor(TM), studied the five major U.S. search engines (Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, Ask) and found that the overall chance of clicking through to a risky site declined by 12.0%. Still, McAfee estimates that consumers click through to risky sites more than 268 million times each month.

“It’s good to see that clicking on search engine results has gotten modestly safer,” said Chris Dixon, director of strategy, McAfee SiteAdvisor. “But when almost one of 12 sponsored links still clicks through to a risky site, there remains significant room for continued improvement.”

Whether 2009 becomes the year of internet security or not, internet users must stay alert for any possible attack through websites surfed.

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