I don't want to besmirch the fine name of blog traffic exchanges like BlogExplosion, BlogClicker, or one of the newest on the block, Blog Mad, but I do want to take a few seconds to remind anyone that visits such sites to be careful during your blog surfing and make sure you have a good antivirus program with up-to-date definitions in place.
Several times while clicking and surfing through all of the above traffic exchanges I've had my AntiVirus software sound alarms about buffer overflow attempts, and just a short while ago, through one of the sites on BlogClicker, had the AV software block an attempt at installing software that it clearly labelled as a trojan. Of course I know enough not to let such software get installed on my system, and I do not surf the web 'unprotected', but I wanted to take the opportunity to remind others to be careful in their use of the web as well.
I do report sites like the ones I mentioned above to the traffic exchanges and hope they weed out such garbage along the way, but I don't count on them doing so without some tips from us (the users of the exchanges).
Again, the best defense is a good antivirus program and an intelligent surfer (you!).
