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Internet users should aim to avoid typosquatter websites where possible, it has been claimed.<\/p>\n

Paul Ducklin, of security firm Sophos, explained that some typosquatter domain names<\/a> link through to websites containing malware and other online risks.<\/p>\n

The majority of the 14,495 sites studied by the firm carried no immediate risks – but five per cent, or 738 domain names, were categorized as risky.<\/p>\n

As such, web users need to have their wits about them when typing web addresses into the URL bar in their browser.<\/p>\n

“Of course, even if you take technological precautions, it is almost inevitable that you will end up on an unintended website from time to time,” Mr. Ducklin stated,<\/p>\n

“That’s because the scale of the typosquatting industry is just so large: over 80 per cent of all possible one-character variants of the domains of Facebook, Google and Apple are both registered and resolved.”<\/p>\n

He advised that if web users find themselves somewhere they did not intend due to mistyping a domain name, they should avoid following further links on the web page.<\/p>\n

At the very best, typosquats which lead to parked domains are just aiming to make money out of nothing, by capitalising on consumer errors, Mr. Ducklin said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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