Internet security software provider McAfee has identified as Jessica Biel Biel takes that dubious honor last year's winner, Brad Pitt. What makes a "dangerous to search" celebrity?
Each year, McAfee ranks celebrity most likely searches lead users to sites that contain "spyware, adware, spam, phishing, viruses and other malicious software." According to McAfee, searching for products on your favorite celebrities can be hazardous to the health and safety of your computer. A search Biel has one chance in five of pull up a malicious site. Who else made the list? Beyonce, Miley Cyrus, Ashley Tisdale, Lindsay Lohan, Megan Fox, Angelina Jolie, Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen. The Obamas, it turns out, are much safer. Of course we can not blame the celebrities; cyber criminals follow popularity as we do, for different reasons.
This does not mean celebrity observers must renounce their past, but that does not mean they have to be smart about their surfing. Users should be especially careful downloads. Download wallpapers only from trusted sites (such as the site clean of celebrity), and to be extremely careful of the video. We know from recent virus tests that we performed in our laboratory that cyber criminals are capitalizing on video by constructing trojans flash plugins supposed, or phishing sites from YouTube clone.
Finally, make sure you have internet security software installed and updated. Check our feedback and Internet security software comparisons to see how different options stack up.