Heidi Klum has replaced Cameron Diaz as the most dangerous celebrity to search the Web, according to Internet security company McAfee. For the fifth year running, McAfee investigated the most famous popular culture to reveal the riskiest celebrities athletes, musicians, politicians, comedians and Hollywood stars on the Web. The McAfee Most Dangerous Celebrities™ study found that movie stars and top models of the "most dangerous" list this year, while singers and sports stars are among the safest.
Cybercriminals often use celebrity names to lure people to sites that are actually loaded with malware. Anyone looking for the latest videos or pictures could end up with a computer with malware installed instead of just the contents of fashion.
Fans searching for "Heidi Klum" and "Heidi Klum and downloads", "Heidi Klum and downloads" free "," "Heidi Klum and photos" and "Heidi Klum and videos" run the risk of online threats designed to steal personal information. By clicking on risk sites and downloading files such as photos, videos or screensavers surfers and exposes consumers to the risk of viruses and malware download.
McAfee research found that the search for the latest pictures of Heidi Klum and download performance over a 9% chance of landing on a website that has tested positive for online threats like spyware, adware, spam, virus phishing and other malware.
The study uses McAfee SiteAdvisor software that provides ratings that indicate which sites are risky for names of celebrities on the Web and calculate a percentage of overall risk.
Top 10 celebrities this year's study with the highest rates of risk are:
1. Heidi Klum
2. Cameron Diaz
3. Piers Morgan
4. Jessica Biel
5. Katherine Heigl
6. Mila Kunis
7. Anna Paquin
8. Adriana Lima
9. Scarlett Johansson
10. Emma Stone, Brad Pitt and Rachel McAdams
CNN presenter Piers Morgan and two Hollywood beauties Jessica Biel and Katherine Heigl surrounded the Top 5 list of the most dangerous. Tennis star Maria Sharapova dropped from No. 13 to No. 44, pop sensation Justin Bieber was at 49, while "Born This Way" singer Lady GaGa landed at No. 58.
Paula Greve, director of Web security research at McAfee, also recalled: "While a bit more confident than last year in search of celebrities continues to generate risky results. Consumers should be especially aware of malicious content hiding" small "places, such as shortening the URLs that can spread virally on social networking sites or through e-mails and text messages to friends."
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