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7th May 2012, 02:55 AM
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Reps: 212,694,803,990,048,128 (power: 212,694,803,990,053) | | | Is surfing porn safer than surfing religion?
Religious sites 'riskier than porn for viruses'
Would be interesting to know which type of religious sites are the biggest offenders.
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7th May 2012, 03:08 AM
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Very interesting question....assume hackers would target high traffic, easy reading type sites, maybe target topics favoured by more mature age group ( less likely to have up-to-date antivirus/trojan protection etc).
You got me curious.... here's a recent story. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/3082...xy-twitter.htm
Them darn meanie atheists are the ones who dunnit.
This blog makes it sound less interesting. http://blogs.csoonline.com/applicati...ehind-headline
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7th May 2012, 04:14 AM
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Reps: 17,919,186,382,851,936 (power: 17,919,186,382,855) | | Wow BB are you suggesting a conspiracy by atheists against Christians/religious?
or are you suggesting that religious sites do this intentionally to turn people away?
What sounds more logical.
This is what I get when I go to the s8int Christian web site The s8intcom Blogger
Its clearly an issue and I doubt its been instigated by those who run the websites. I bet its an attempt to censor the web, censor Christianity.
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7th May 2012, 04:22 AM
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Reps: 111,607,127,109,657,360 (power: 111,607,127,109,663) | | | Well, that's a most unexpected question.... I have certainly been to quite a few religious sites to check them out, but I must admit I've never been to a porn site and have never seen porn.....thankfully I might add !!
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7th May 2012, 06:07 AM
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Reps: 136,250,959,008,808,912 (power: 136,250,959,008,815) | | Long long ago, when I was a mere newbie to the internet I opened one of those links accidentally (mistyped address or bad keyword?) and I kept trying to get back to the page before but I couldn't leave the website until I figured out how to shut the page. 
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7th May 2012, 06:40 AM
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Reps: 212,694,803,990,048,128 (power: 212,694,803,990,053) | | Originally Posted by joey_downunder  Long long ago, when I was a mere newbie to the internet I opened one of those links accidentally (mistyped address or bad keyword?) and I kept trying to get back to the page before but I couldn't leave the website until I figured out how to shut the page.
Ouch! Of course these days any interaction with a website, even closing the page, is enough to install the malware. And it's scary how many supposedly reputable and trustworthy sites get compromised.
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7th May 2012, 06:49 AM
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Reps: 111,607,127,109,657,360 (power: 111,607,127,109,663) | | Originally Posted by joey_downunder Long long ago, when I was a mere newbie to the internet I opened one of those links accidentally (mistyped address or bad keyword?) and I kept trying to get back to the page before but I couldn't leave the website until I figured out how to shut the page.
Nasty way to make sure you type the right thing Grannie Annie...
I remember one time I was very interested in the little Scottish ancestry I had...I have wee bit of McKenzie in me.. and I wanted to look up what the McKenzie tartan looked like. So I googled....kilts...well...that was a shock !! It came up with a homosexual site and pictures of these guys wearing mini, mini kilts...mmmm, not quite what I was after... But then I'm as thick as a brick when it comes to things like that, someone could say something dirty to me and I wouldn't know it half the time.. 
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7th May 2012, 06:52 AM
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7th May 2012, 07:05 AM
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Reps: 158,981,426,464,572,672 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by Born to Watch Wow BB are you suggesting a conspiracy by atheists against Christians/religious?
or are you suggesting that religious sites do this intentionally to turn people away?
What sounds more logical.
This is what I get when I go to the s8int Christian web site The s8intcom Blogger
Its clearly an issue and I doubt its been instigated by those who run the websites. I bet its an attempt to censor the web, censor Christianity.
My two cents anyway
I think nether. More likely that spammers target religious sites as they are easier for phishing expeditions, more trusting in nature like they also target children's games sites too. |
7th May 2012, 08:42 AM
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Dont know what happened there just glad it wasnt the kids researching flags. | | |
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