07/07: Yankees: Most Dangerous Screensavers?
Posted by: Patrick
McAfee did a little research and found that, in search engine results, the Yankees were the team to most likely have spyware, adware, etc. included in the screensavers offered by various sites around the web. This isn't a shock to me. Like any download, you should always be careful what and where you download from. There are good, reputable sites out there. And there are others that are not. That's the same for everything.
I would chalk the popularity of the Yankees up as the primary reason that they scored first in this little study. People who look to infect PCs with this stuff want to infect the most people. What team has the largest fan base in the world? Exactly.
They came in at 24%, right ahead of Boston at 23.2%.
In player searches, Josh Fogg took the cake at 75%. (lol, wow). Bonds, Pujols and Isringhausen (?!) came in second with 60%. 5th place was a tie between Jaret Wright (?! again) and Derek Jeter at 58.3%.
I would chalk the popularity of the Yankees up as the primary reason that they scored first in this little study. People who look to infect PCs with this stuff want to infect the most people. What team has the largest fan base in the world? Exactly.
They came in at 24%, right ahead of Boston at 23.2%.
In player searches, Josh Fogg took the cake at 75%. (lol, wow). Bonds, Pujols and Isringhausen (?!) came in second with 60%. 5th place was a tie between Jaret Wright (?! again) and Derek Jeter at 58.3%.
