Warning on search engine safety
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| Free music downloads have their risks, warns a report
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| Some net searches are leading users to websites that expose them to
| spam, spyware and other dangerous downloads, reveals a report.
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| [...]
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| n one case signing up with one site led to a test e-mail address
| getting more than 300 spam (ADDENDUM: from Windows zombies) messages
| per week.
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| [...]
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| Some of these risky sites use security flaws and loopholes in
| browsers to install software without users' knowledge and can
| lead to that machine being hijacked or to a user losing
| personal data.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4765199.stm
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