Advice Request Quiz for all members eager to harden browser against malware

[Windows_Security]

Hint1: see white-hat malware warning websites like VX-vault (link), Malc0de (link) and Malware Domain List (link)

Hint2: currectly these numbers are increased by 10% (link)

Hint3: at least 60% of the answers is correct, at least 40% of the answers relate to the same (correct) observation

 

[shmu26]

Oh boy, this is a hard one...

 

[oldschool]

This thread should get pinned! It's gnarly!

 

[shmu26]

Come on @Windows_Security, tell us the answers. I won't be able to sleep tonight! LOL

 

[Windows_Security]

All answers are correct: except

• Some link to dead websites (website removed)
• Some links to dead pages (page removed)

You see a lot of youtube testers using links from the sources I mentioned. They encounter some dead links (on average between 10 to 30 percent), because most malware URL's are only used for some days. So only from a malware tester perspective this is true.

There was one trick question, which mentioned registered domains. Only 10% of the registered domains are live websites, of which 10% is estimated malware. So both questions are true (when info of experts is correct).

• On average only 1 percent of the registered domains is infected or malicious
• On any day, over 20 million websites are infected with malware or involved in phising
  

 

[oldschool]

I believe they are all right. Well, 80% isn't bad.

All answers are correct: except

• Some link to dead websites (website removed)
• Some links to dead pages (page removed)

You see a lot of youtube testers using links from the sources I mentioned. They encounter some dead links (on average between 10 to 30 percent), because most malware URL's are only used for some days. So only from a malware tester perspective this is true.

I was thinking about YT testers but I didn't follow the logic to conclusion.

 

[Windows_Security]

Sorry possibly lost in translation. Having dead links is not something malware websites have in common, so it is not a correct answer to the question.

 

[shmu26]

Thanks. Now it all makes sense.