re: #78 calochortus

I have an ad banner suggesting that I click to see my arrest record. Wouldn’t I already know about that?

Go for it.

Cisco: Mainstream Web Sites Are More Risky than Porn Sites

Cisco recently published its 2013 Annual Security Report [PDF file], which states that the highest concentration of online security threats target legitimate Web sites rather than pornography, pharmeutical or gambling sites — online shopping sites are 21 times more likely to deliver malware than counterfeit software sites, and online advertisements are 182 times more likely to deliver malware than pornography.

“Cisco’s analysis indicates that the vast majority of Web malware encounters actually occur via legitimate browsing of mainstream websites,” the report states. “In other words, the majority of encounters happen in the places that online users visit the most — and think are safe.”