Here’s a tip for you on this endless Friday: if you don’t want a computer virus then don’t search for lyrics. It turns out that the search term “lyrics” is a dangerous one, and carries a maximum risk percentage of 26.3 percent in McAfee’s little danger-o-meter or whatever. That is to say 26 out of every 100 Web sites that pop up when you search for “lyrics” may contain viruses, browser exploits, a boatload of pop-ups, and other Internet nasties.
The solution, then, is to never search for lyrics. Or, failing that, use a safe site like songmeanings.net.
Other terms that could put you in hot water: free, Web (why the heck are you searching for “Web”?), gear/gadgets/games, videos, celebrities, etc. Actually, here’s a chart someone made:
Seeing these search terms is just depressing. Like, who actually searches for “shopping” when Amazon has been around forever?
Anyhow, I imagine that most of you guys aren’t dumb enough to click on the shiny punch-the-monkey nonsense or whatever, but keep an eye on your less savvy friends. The last thing the Internet needs is more virus-filled PCs mucking about.
The word ‘free’ online is just asking to get infected by something nasty.
The question is… does this affect Google Chrome users? Hell, I’m even notified before a page loads when there might be malicious parts of a webpage and given the chance to avoid it altogether.
Interesting (and unsettling) trend here. Your best bet is to go directly to the lyrics site itself. MetroLyrics.com has the largest catalogue of licensed song lyrics. Licensed = accurate lyrics and song writers get paid.
Wow, this is really interesting. Knowing this I will never use the keyword “lyrics”. To solve this issue, does anyone know of a good place to find lyrics?