Jessica Biel: Most Dangerous Celebrity In Cyberspace

Searching for Jessica Biel on the Internet could prove to be extremely risky for your computer, as she has been named Americas "Most Dangerous Celebrity In Cyberspace" by Internet researchers.

Computer protection company McAfee looked at popular search engines such as Google and Yahoo! in assessing the risk by clicking on celebrity-related website links.

The company has said that cybercriminals are using A-listers’ names and images to lure Internet users who surf the Web for the latest gossip, screen savers and ringtones to "fake" Web sites that look legitimate.

Such sites could be loaded with spyware collecting information about users without their knowledge, and viruses that can infiltrate computers, with the goal of making money and committing ID theft.

They found that Biel was the riskiest US celebrity target, with one in five celebrity websites related to her being potentially harmful.

Second in line as the most dangerous star in cyberspace is Beyonce, followed closely by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady at the third spot.

The survey found that more than 17 percent of websites and web links related to both these stars had some sort of risky content attached.

Jessica Simpson with 17.6 percent of dangerous content on websites dedicated to her stood at the fourth position, while Jennifer Aniston was fifth having 12.3 percent of online risky content to her credit.

"Cybercrooks capitalising on the public obsession with celebrities and current events is nothing new" said Greg Day, McAfee’s principal security analyst.

He added: "A quick flick across the front pages of the latest popular newspapers and magazines offers a fairly reliable snapshot of where the criminals will focus their efforts next."

Here are the top 10 “risky” US celebrities and the percentage of websites related to them, which were found to be potentially harmful:
1. Jessica Biel - 20.1 percent
2. Beyonce - 17.9
3. Tom Brady - 17.4
4. Jessica Simpson - 17.6
5. Jennifer Aniston - 12.3
6. Gisele Bundchen - 15.8
7. Miley Cyrus - 15.5
8. Megan Fox - 15.3
8. Angelina Jolie - 15.3
9. Ashley Tidsdale - 14.9
10. Brad Pitt - 14.8

Katrina Kaif can infect your computer

Bollywood’s favourite lass Katrina Kaif might be the most googled Indian star but beware, for she is dangerous too! Yes, you got that right, as there are chances that searching for her on the internet can infect your computer with a dangerous virus.

Downloading screensavers and wallpapers of Katrina can be harmful to your computer. A report called “The Web’s Most Dangerous Search Terms”, released by computer security provider McAfee Inc, says that the beautiful actress’ name is one of the most dangerous online search words in India and queries related to her name can come up with results linking to malicious software and online scams.

Apparently, the search word Katrina Kaif has a maximum risk percentage of 28.6 (where “maximum risk” refers to the maximum percentage of risky sites a user might encounter on a single page of search results). This is a shade below ‘Wapstick”, a popular website for free downloads of music, ringtones, wallpapers, animations and logos for mobile phones.

Cyber experts suggest that cyber criminals make websites based on most used search terms and offer free download of content to lure the web user. The content in turn has a malicious code attached to it which has the ability to destroy stored data on your PC.

Katrina had a nice laugh when asked about the same. She said, “The virus bit is kind of funny. But the Internet popularity is something which is really special to me. It means your fans and people who like you are thinking about you.”