Jessica Biel tops Brad Pitt as Internet’s most dangerous search

Sep 09 2009 Published by under News

jessica_bielActress Jessica Biel has overtaken Brad Pitt as the most dangerous celebrity to search in cyberspace, according to internet security company McAfee Inc.

For the third consecutive year, McAfee surveyed which A-list celebrity was the riskiest to track on the internet after Pitt topped the list last year and Paris Hilton in 2007.

Biel, 27, who shot to fame in the TV show 7th Heaven and most recently starred in Easy Virtue, was deemed the most dangerous, with fans having a one-in-five chance of landing at a website that has tested positive for online threats, such as spyware, adware, spam, phishing and viruses.

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Most dangerous search keywords

Jun 29 2009 Published by under News

McAfee team recently has posted a list of most dangerous keywords to search for. Guess it. If you mention free, yes you got it right. But it is not on top. The #1 on the list is screensaver.

Screensaver has ‘successfully’ gain 59.1% of risk. This is taken from more than 2,600 popular keywords. Unfortunately, lyrics is also part of the top 10 list with around 50% risk factor. Followed by free 21.3%.

Now surprisingly, viagra is one of the fewest risky keywords. Researchers suggest that health related and current economic crisis are the least risky ones.

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