





Your computer is more likely to contract a virus by visiting a religious website than a porn site, according to the surprising results of a study released this week.

According to the company behind the report, Internet security firm Symantec, websites featuring religious or ideological themes are three times more likely to host infectious malware compared to sites with adult or pornographic content.

Websites categorized as "blogs/web communications" are the most likely to contain malicious code: a full one in five websites in that category were identified by Symantec as "infected." They're followed by "hosting/personal hosted" sites (15.6%) and "business/economy" (10%).

Approximately 2.4% of pornographic sites contain malware. The reason porn sites are relatively malware-free?

“We hypothesize that this is because pornographic website owners already make money from the Internet and, as a result, have a vested interest in keeping their sites malware-free; it’s not good for repeat business," the report reads.