Saturday, August 29, 2009

dangerous celebrities online

Fans may think they're opening a legit site with information on the

Fans may think they're opening a legit site with information on the "Hannah Montana" star, but in reality, McAfee found that many links point to malicious sites that contain spyware.
Celebrity bloggers often compare Fox to a younger Jolie, but looks aren't the only thing the two hot stars have in common: Both resulted in
Megan Fox and Angelina Jolie
resulted in "an equal number of risky download Web sites
Tween fans of the
Ashley Tisdale
fans of the "High School Musical" star should think twice before downloading a Sharpay screensaver, as many of those sites contain "numerous malware-laden downloads
The mega movie star landed in the top spot last year, but fell toward the bottom of the list in 2009, though searching for the
searching for
Pitt
puts users at risk of encountering "dangerous, red and yellow-ranked Web sites
The Academy Award-winning actress keeps a fairly low profile, but that hasn't kept spammers and hackers away. Searching for Witherspoon's name or photo can land users on site that promote free files but have hidden malware.
Searching for Witherspoon's name or photo can land users on site that promote free files but have hidden malware
Surprised the pop star and tabloid queen falls so far down on the list? Still, that doesn't mean a Spears search is safe. McAfee found
McAfee found "a single site promoting free Britney Spears wallpaper that was embedded with more than 50 potentially infected downloads
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