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Fans get kicked by World Cup viruses

posted onJune 21, 2006
by hitbsecnews

AT this World Cup, Angola, and not Brazil, is the most dangerous team.

And in terms of individual dangermen, Angolan goalkeeper Luis Mamona Joao is rated higher than superstars such as England skipper David Beckham and Brazilian maestro Ronaldhino. But not in the way that you think.

According to IT security firm McAfee, websites associated with the African team are most likely to infect your computer with some form of risky software.

McAfee's statistics showed that about 24 per cent of websites hosting screensavers of the Angolan team were infested with a variety of malicious software such as adware and spyware, reported the BBC.

The malicious software could cause unwanted ads to pop-up, direct e-mail spam to the user, or worse, let hackers steal confidential information like passwords.

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