Tokelau's dot-TK is "unusually risky"

Via the Sydney Morning Herald:

If you don't want your computer to get viruses or spyware you might want to be very carefull about any message or URL with the .tk TLD.

"McAfee said they had surveyed 8.1 million of the most trafficked websites in the world that account for more than 95 per cent of web traffic. They were tested for a variety of "unwanted behaviours" and rated by red and yellow flags.

They found that 4.1 per cent of all the sites had red or yellow warnings but it ranged from a low 0.1 per cent for Finland and 0.6 per cent for New Zealand to 10.1 per cent for Tokelau.

It warned that Tokelau was ideal for scammers who use phishing which is designed to create shadow bank websites to collect log-ons and passwords."

The article also mentions Niue's site which has "become infamous for hardcore pornography."