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8 Jul 2006, 2:34am
In the same vein as the "free" game which comes with a string attached, spyware producers have been quick to take advantage of the unsuspecting fan who just wants to show his pride in his favorite team or player. Much like the World Cup Worm (http://www2.csoonline.com/blog_view.html?CID=21452) earlier this year, this sort of sleazy trick proves once again that one can't be too careful when downloading "free" software - it may come at a high cost.
Barry Bonds, Derek Jeter, and Albert Pujols are household names for any baseball fanatic. They also lead the pack of the most hazardous players in McAfee SiteAdvisor's survey of the most risky baseball screensaver searches. We tested each of Major League Baseball's 1,224 players by passing their names through Google and adding the word 'screensaver.' We compared the results with our own database of over 4.5 million site ratings for Web safety.
TANSTAAFL!
Source: McAfee Site Advisor (http://www.siteadvisor.com/surveys/baseball_july2006.html)
Barry Bonds, Derek Jeter, and Albert Pujols are household names for any baseball fanatic. They also lead the pack of the most hazardous players in McAfee SiteAdvisor's survey of the most risky baseball screensaver searches. We tested each of Major League Baseball's 1,224 players by passing their names through Google and adding the word 'screensaver.' We compared the results with our own database of over 4.5 million site ratings for Web safety.
TANSTAAFL!
Source: McAfee Site Advisor (http://www.siteadvisor.com/surveys/baseball_july2006.html)