The all-porn Internet domain ?.xxx? has some new bragging rights: When it comes to malware, spam, and other digital abuses, its raunchy sites are relatively clean.
Architelos, an Internet consulting firm in Leesburg, Va., reports (PDF) that .xxx?a specialized alternative to .com and .org suffixes?outranks the more familiar domains in terms of protecting users from malware-wielding scammers. While .xxx qualified for an ?excellent? ranking alongside such obscure domains as .tel and .no, the giant .com domain (where, incidentally, most porn sites still reside) turned up on Architelos?s ?exercise caution? list, as did .org and .biz. The consulting firm?s analysis incorporates data from Internet Identity, SURBL, Spamhaus, MalwareURL, SpyEye Tracker, and other sources.
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