Cameron Diaz is the most dangerous celebrity on the Web.
Do an Internet search on Cameron Diaz and click on one of the search results. Chances are you will land on a malicious site. Security analysts at McAfee has identified one of Charlie’s Angels as the most dangerous celebrity on the Web.
In the rankings of the latest “Dangerous Celebrities” study by McAfee, after Cameron Diaz came movie star Julia Roberts. Next is Jessica Biel, the most dangerous celebrity in the previous study, followed by supermodel Gisele Bündchen and actor Brad Pitt.
Hackers with malicious intent typically use popular celebrities as bait to lure victimes to sites containing malware.
According to MaAfee, maker of antivirus and computer security software, searching for Diaz yields a 10 percent chance of landing on a malicious site. In particular, when “Cameron Diaz and screensavers” was searched, 19 percent of the sites were identified as having malicious downloads. Users searching under “Julia Roberts and downloads” had a 20 percent chance of landing on a site with a malicious download, the company found.