Most people think nothing of firing up Google or one of the other popular search engines when they want to find information, but perhaps they should. A recent report by McAfee revealed a list of dangerous search terms. These commonly searched keywords are considered dangerous because they’ve been exploited by scammers, meaning many of the search results may be malicious.

McAfee used results from Google, Yahoo, Ask.com, AOL and Microsoft Live to compile the list. They investigated over 2,000 keywords from a variety of popular sources and examined the first 5 pages of results from each search engine. They counted the amount of links marked as dangerous by their software and came up with the percentage of risk for each keyword.

Harvard University and Consumer Reports have joined together to create a web community dedicated to providing information and support to consumers regarding malware, spyware, adware, and malicious websites.

The site, a joint effort of Harvard’s Berkman Center and Consumer Reports’ Webwatch, is called BadwareBusters.org. The site administrators say they want BadwareBusters to be the first stop for anyone who’s been victimized by malicious software, had their computers or sites hacked, or had a site flagged as suspicious by Google.

Now I’ve been to the site and so far I’m impressed