The results of a recent study by Google (GOOG) shows that malware has been found on one out of ten Web sites they studied. The survey included 4.5 million Web sites, of which 450,000 were infected.
What was even worse was that the regular Internet user had little protection against the threat.
Citing the report called "Ghost in the Browser," Webpronews said: "Unfortunately average computer users have no means to protect themselves from this threat. Their browser can be compromised just by visiting a page and become the vehicle for installing multitudes of malware on their systems."
Niels Provos, lead author of the study, added, "We expect that the majority of malware is now spreading via web-based infection, because the computer of an average user provides a rich environment for adversaries to mine."
Another problem is malware is now becoming more advanced and is able to get past some antivirus software.
The study concluded that the risk comes from four specific areas: user-generated content, advertising, third party widgets and Web server security.
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