The devil's work

OK, I am an atheist who does not accept the existence of the devil, but for those who might vaguely believe in the possibility, this could be relevant!

http://de.nachrichten.yahoo.com/religi%C3%B6se-seiten-web-virusgef%C3%A4hrdeter-sexseiten-181523437.html

Yes, you have to be able to read German to understand it.

What it explains though is the fact that you are three times as likely pick up a virus from a "religious" website as from a "sex" website.

Which I suppose says more about the people who plant viruses on the Web than anything else (not my favourite people - I tend to get viruses off news sites (usually planted by people with different political leanings?), or more accurately the advertising feeds on news sites). Advertising feeds, or phoney advertising feeds are one of the most difficult areas to police on the Internet, and they tend to be regionalised (what good would advertising in Spanish do in Germany for example). And as such they are fertile ground for malicious minds.

And for those who do get a virus that your supposedly infallible anti-Virus software (Avira, Symantec, Kapersky usw) failed to detect, try downloading Malwarebytes anti-malware. Even the free stuff they provide is pretty effective.

To note though, some of this stuff when it gets in (often masked by something your AV software stops), the damage can be near fatal. Even with all my IT knowledge, it was only possible to partly rescue my old PC for example.

Author's note (December 8th, 2021) - the link no longer exists.