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The security company has identified URLs using common misspellings of
children's Web sites. Of the 127,381 sites suspected of typo-squatting,
46,000 contained some adult content, McAfee said.
More than 60 of these so-called typo-squatters are designed to appeal to
minors, it said, adding domain names that are commonly targeted include
webkinz.com, clubpenguin.com and neopets.com.
Game sites are the most frequent targets, having a 14 percent chance of
being squatted. Airline sites are next at 11.4 percent; followed by
mainstream media sites like vh1.com and qvc.com; dating sites; and
technology and Web 2.0-related sites, PC World reports.
A typical consumer who misspells a popular URL has a 1 in-14 chance of
landing at a typo-squatter site, McAfee said.
It cites as example people who misspelled the URLs for a Web site devoted to
Indian children who were redirected to a page advertising "Asian babe cams"
and "adult toy parties."
Source: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009263477
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