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According to the research the most dangerous words to search for are "free screensavers". The report found that 64% of the sites found using this phrase were flagged as causing problems for users. Some of these risky sites use security flaws and loopholes in browsers to install software without users' knowledge and can lead to that machine being hijacked or to a user losing personal dataThe riskiest search terms were associated with downloads (such as "screensavers" and "free ringtones") and file-sharing (such as "Bearshare" and "limewire"). Searching under these categories returned a substantial proportion of dangerous sites. Across all searches approximately 4-6% of sites returned were flagged as dangerous. The authors noted that this was more "alarming" than it first appeared because American net users carry out almost 6 billion searches per month. This translates to 285 million clicks on these potentially dangerous sites every month. "Even a single visit to a dangerous site can have serious and lasting implications for the average internet user," wrote the authors. Dangerous keywordsFree screensaversBearshareScreensaversWinmxLimewireDownload Yahoo messengerLime wireFree ringtonesAll of them in that order
