Believe it or not, searching for celebrities has a high risk for infecting your computer with a virus. The odds are 1 in 5 according to McAfee Security. The leading celebrity that holds these odds are Jessica Biel. Brad Pitt previously held this honor. In general, searching for celebrities online poses a much greater risk of being infected by mailware.
Cybercriminals know what you’re interested in and they latch onto popular celebrities to encourage the download of their software. Once this is done, you’re done!!
McAfee’s SiteAdvisor technology compiled the list by searching the internet for celebrity names and how many sites had high risk of being infected. Below is a table of McAfee’s top 15 risky celebrities
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