For the people that use the Firefox or Flock browser, there are a couple of add-ons that can make these browsers more secure. More secure because malcreants can break into secure or trusted sites to place bad vectors there, so security is never absolute. To check the actual link for malware code you can install DrWeb av link checker. To have a global indication of the security of links on a search result page you can use McAfee SiteAdvisor for FF extension and/or Trust Watch Search by GeoTrust, or you can do your searching through www.scandoo.com
It is nice to know the real IP of the site you are on, use Show IP, and the Netcrafttoolbar for further info. To see what is loading on a site View Dependencies, and what kind of links there are placed on the site in the browser, use Link Alert.
I think this is a good start to keep your links checked and protect you from clicking the wrong link that may lead to disaster. How to set up your av solution up inside a browser, see the instruction at the avast homepage. Ok and to leave minimal traces use Stealther, and to prevent script from running don’t forget about NoScript.
Very interesting report, something I mentioned about malware using keywords to promote/market their sites some time ago. It would appear more prevalent that I imagined especially the sponsored links they obviously by the keyword sponsored placement.
Strangely enough I very rarely click a sponsored link, more because I feel you too will pay a premium for what it is you want to pay their keyword sponsorship costs and when I do I usually check it out first.
Thank you, polonus. I’ve used Firefox some times, but it based on Netscape (like IE) and there are some bugs - I prefer to use Opera now.
Anyway, thank you for your information.
P.S.: I like your rootkitted.jpg :-*
