What risks do you face if you visit adult sites?

Surely, the advice you’ve heard the most so that your computer doesn’t get infected with viruses is to avoid adult sites. In fact, you’ve most likely heard of the relationship between porn and viruses by now.

More than 17% of infected users in Mexico are infected through malicious programs downloaded from pages that used adult content. Specialists claim that 23 malware families were identified that use adult content to hide their true functionality. “The research showed that by downloading an unknown pornographic application, users are at greater risk of being infected with so-called clickers.”

What dangers we will find in adult sites

And what are clickers? Well after being exposed and contracting this infection, this malware starts clicking on ad links or tries to subscribe the user to a WAP paid service to exhaust their prepaid mobile credit.

Now, malicious porn sites do exist (and are used to scam or infect visitors). But they are usually small-scale sites, not very well known. And, on the other hand, there are the players and other applications to view adult content that steal data through phishing. It goes without saying that these types of applications will not be found in official stores. Malicious activity is rare in porn. The key is in the demand. Scammers apply the same techniques to anything that attracts a lot of viewers or downloads.

Malware is also a problem on Android, as 25% are related to porn, a figure that does not go unnoticed. However, the remaining 75% has nothing to do with adult content, so it would be foolish to claim that without porn apps.

The truth is, of course, there are risks of infection in porn sites and adult content applications, but also in sites that have nothing to do with pornography. Whatever you are looking for, logical thinking will help you avoid problems. Keep in mind that you can go much further with trusted protection and common sense and thus strengthen and your security.

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