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Last Tuesday, Google published a report stating that web browsing and searching are increasingly becoming risky. Google for a year and a half now has been identifying web pages that infect vulnerable hosts via drive-by downloads, i.e. web pages that attempt to exploit their visitors by installing and running malware automatically.

A mass mailed e-mail carrying a link to an alleged account of a suicide attempt by Michael Jackson connects to a malware site.

Microsoft's MSN Messenger is the latest in a long line of applications to be targeted by virus writers.