# Religion is more hazardous than porn for your computer

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 1, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-more-hazardous-than-porn-for-your-computer/620575 "2012-05-01T23:05:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-more-hazardous-than-porn-for-your-computer/620575/1 "2012-05-01T23:05:21Z")

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[according to Symantec](http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jT5f7p67gq8Awnve7AguBOQflJKA?docId=CNG.07591508cdbb6279c9ccd6f3f0506ff3.3c1) :

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> Web wanderers are more likely to get a computer virus by visiting a religious website than by peering at porn, according to a study released on Tuesday.\<snip\>
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> Websites with religious or ideological themes were found to have triple the average number of “threats” that those featuring adult content, according to Symantec.

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**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-more-hazardous-than-porn-for-your-computer/620575/2 "2012-05-02T01:45:39Z")

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That’s why I run [MormonGuard](http://bash.org/?228)

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-more-hazardous-than-porn-for-your-computer/620575/3 "2012-05-02T15:19:06Z")

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Prayer: May porn be with you!  
Response: And also with you!

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-more-hazardous-than-porn-for-your-computer/620575/4 "2012-05-02T15:47:33Z")

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I assume this means you can get herpes by going to a strange church.

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**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-more-hazardous-than-porn-for-your-computer/620575/5 "2012-05-02T19:22:22Z")

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So _that’s_ why my computer has all those problems.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-more-hazardous-than-porn-for-your-computer/620575/6 "2012-05-02T19:47:12Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> I assume this means you can get herpes by going to a strange church.

If you go to a religious website, that means that you’ve been to every religious website that that religious website has visited.

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**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-more-hazardous-than-porn-for-your-computer/620575/7 "2012-05-02T20:18:29Z")

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I’ve never had a bunch of unwanted Bible verses pop up on my screen …