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Criminals are capitalizing on a busy sports summer to fool people into clicking on soccer, golf and even paintball sites infested with malicious programs that can compromise privacy or worse, says a Czech Republic-based security software seller. The sites are on what Prague-based Avast Software...

One of the most oft-repeated warnings about computer viruses is that if you visit an adult-themed website you're more likely to get a one than shopping online or reading the news. Computer security company Avast! wanted to test this Internet assumption. So the company analyzed infected web sites...

The Czech Republic-based computer security company Avast! found an "overwhelming popular culture theme" among web sites infected with programs that spew spyware and create other threats for computer users at home. Sites on what the company calls its "Most Wanted" list are collected by a community...