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McAfee Highlights Danger Of Celebrity-Related Searches
Doug Caverly
Staff Writer
2009-08-25
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People who insist on following the lives of celebrities (and particularly, attractive female ones) should be careful. McAfee's compiled a list of the most dangerous celebs to search for, and the report, which includes a lot of familiar names, also outlines some scary threats.
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So how bad is it? Jessica Biel somehow wound up ranking as the riskiest celebrity, and McAfee said in a statement, "When 'Jessica Biel screensavers' was searched, almost half of the sites were identified as containing malicious downloads with spyware, adware and potential viruses."
Similar stats weren't given for the second most dangerous celebrity (Beyonce), but if you hop down to number three, the statement continued, "More than 40% of the Google search results for 'Jennifer Aniston screensavers' contained nasty viruses, including one called the 'FunLove virus.'"
Then, filling out the top 15, other celebs to be extra careful around include Tom Brady, Jessica Simpson, Gisele Bundchen, Miley Cyrus, Megan Fox, Angelina Jolie, Ashley Tisdale, Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Lindsay Lohan, and Kim Kardashian.
Celebrity watchers will probably do best to pick a few sites that are safe, reliable sources of info and then just stick with them.
About the Author:
Doug is a staff writer for SecurityProNews, InternetFinancialNews, SearchNewz, and WebProNews.
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