Link: Mapping the Mal Web.
Our site safety assessments come from McAfee SiteAdvisor's Web safety database of 8.1 million of the most trafficked Web sites and account for more than 95% of Web traffic. These sites have been tested for a wide variety of unwanted behaviors.
Web sites are tested for excessive pop-ups, other fraudulent practices, and browser exploits. Browser exploits, also known as drive-by-downloads, enable viruses or spyware to install on a consumer's computer without their consent and often without their knowledge.
Downloads are analyzed by installing software on our test computers and checking for viruses and any bundled adware, spyware or other unwanted programs.
Sign-up forms are completed using a one-time use e-mail address so the volume and "spamminess" of any subsequent e-mail can be tracked. Spamminess refers to the commercial content of e-mail, as well as the use of tactics to trick spam filter software.
Feedback from individual users and site owners, plus analysis by SiteAdvisor staff enhance SiteAdvisor's automated testing....
