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Now it's Jessica Biel's famous cyberspace more dangerous

by on ago.26, 2009, under Internet , Virus

Actress Jessica Biel managed to take the job to Brad Pitt as the most dangerous celebrity in cyberspace, according to Internet security firm McAfee.

It is the third year, McAfee investigates what famous was the most dangerous to search the internet after Pitt was at the top of the list last year and that Paris Hilton occupy that place in 2007.

Biel, 27, and who rose to fame with the television series "7th Heaven" and starred in "Easy Virtue" was ranked the most dangerous, and their fans have a chance in five of falling into a website that has given positively dangerous content such as spyware, adware, spam, phishing and viruses, more data after the jump.

"Cybercriminals also control the stars, are based on celebrities to encourage the download of malicious software hidden (...) The consumer obsession for celebrity news is harmless in theory, but a bad discharge can cause extensive damage a computer, "said Jeff Green, McAfee said in a statement.

"Cybercriminals use every day the names and pictures of celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Rihanna, to entice surfers seeking the latest stories, (download) screen savers and ringtones (Mobile Phone) offering free downloads pages full of malware, "the statement added.

In the second place in the list for the second consecutive year was Beyonce, and McAfee found that introducing "Beyonce ringtones" into a search engine led to a dangerous website linked to a distributor of adware and spyware.

Actress Jennifer Aniston was third, and more than 40 percent of search results for "screensavers Jennifer Aniston" contained virus.

Young Hollywood stars like Miley Cyrus, Ashley Tisdale and Lindsay Lohan and Heidi Montag moved into Jessica Alba, who appeared on the list last year.

Were also more dangerous than other famous teenagers as the stars of "Twilight", Robert Pattinson, at number 30, and Kristen Stewart at number 20, the Jonas Brothers, Taylor Swift, Lauren Conrad, Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron.

Megan Fox and Angelina Jolie got the eighth place, while the newlyweds Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen were fourth and sixth respectively.

U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, who have been on most lists of celebrities this year were not among the public figures most at risk for Internet searches.

The Obamas were at the bottom of the list, at number 34 and 39 respectively.

Brad Pitt took the tenth spot this year

Source: Reuters

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