Diaz Loaded with Viruses
McAfee came out with a study that named “Cameron Diaz” as the most viral celebrity to search for in cyberspace. I think that should include the silver screen as well.
Female celebrities and models dominated the top ten list, which seems to be the only list women can dominate, sadly. The only men to have made the list were Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, not surprisingly. McAfee looked at movie stars, models, comedians, athletes, and musicians to determine who are the riskiest searches. According to the study, one out of ten searches for Cameron Diaz will land on a risky site and searching for wallpapers and screensavers will up the risk to 19%. While Diaz came out on top, Julia Roberts was a close second probably due to her recent release Eat Pray Love. Who would have thought her only two films this year, Valentine’s Day and Eat Pray Love, would put her on such an esteemed list?
One surprise that fell short was Justin Bieber. He was number 46 on the list. I’m disappointed that more twelve year olds didn’t boost up his viral ratings. I thought all tweens were desperate to make Bieber their wallpaper and inevitably be hit with viruses as I did when I wanted Devon Sawa. Apparently, young celebrities were not ranked high on the list such as Zac Efron(40) and Miley Cyrus(44).
Based on the study, I have come to a conclusion as to how to boost your celebrity danger level. Three criteria must be in place to become as successful as Ms. Diaz: 1. White, all of the celebrities who made the top ten list were Caucasian, 2. Female, only two men made the high honors but anybody would be glad to get spammed by Brad Pitt, and 3. Gorgeous, who else would we want to stare at all day? Now that you know the secret, good luck!
And for those who are interested, here is the top ten list:
| Position | Celebrity |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cameron Diaz – Searching for Diaz results in a one in ten chance of landing on a risky site. She has most recently been in the spotlight with blockbuster movies, “Knight and Day” and “Shrek Forever After.” When “Cameron Diaz and screensavers” was searched, 19% of the sites were identified as containing malicious downloads. |
| 2 | Julia Roberts – Academy Award-winning actress Julia Roberts is one of America’s sweethearts, and will soon be in the spotlight with her upcoming release of “Eat, Pray, Love.” The overall risk of searching for Roberts is nine percent, yet searching for “Julia Roberts and downloads” results in a 20% chance of downloading a photo, wallpaper or other file laden with malware. |
| 3 | Jessica Biel – Last year’s Most Dangerous Celebrity fell two spots with searches resulting in fewer risky sites this year. Biel continues to be in the spotlight with her on-again, off-again relationship with Justin Timberlake, and appeared in “The A-Team” in June 2010. While her overall search risk is 9%, searching for “Jessica Biel and screensavers” results in a 17% chance of landing on a risky site. |
| 4 | Gisele Bündchen – The world’s highest-paid supermodel moved up two spots since last year. Searching for “Gisele Bündchen and screensavers” can prove risky, 15% of the search results for this beauty can put spyware, malware or viruses on your computer. |
| 5 | Brad Pitt – Pitt is often in the spotlight with news of his movies and his personal life. It’s no wonder why this leading man has been in the top ten for the past three years. He moved up in rank five spots this year. Downloading photos, screensavers, or other files of Brad can potentially put adware or spyware in your computer. |
| 6 | Adriana Lima – Searching for downloads of this Brazilian beauty can direct users to red-ranked sites. Lima is best known for being a Victoria’s Secret Angel since 2000. |
| 7 | Jennifer Love Hewitt, Nicole Kidman – Searching for these Hollywood starlets resulted in an equal number of risky download websites. |
| 8 | Tom Cruise – With recent buzz around his MTV Awards performance as well as his movie, “Knight and Day,” Cruise rises to the top ten. |
| 9 | Heidi Klum, Penelope Cruz – Both of these ladies are consistently in the spotlight, and share the #9 spot. Cybercriminals use their names to lure people to risky sites. Klum hosts “Project Runway” and Cruz has been in the spotlight recently for her role in the “Sex and the City 2″ movie and is expected to be in the fourth film of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series. |
| 10 | Anna Paquin – This “True Blood” star is as dangerous on the web as she is on the screen. Searching for screensavers of Paquin can lead you to downloads filled with malware. |
get paid to upload - December 4, 2010
The next time I read a site, I hope that it doesnt disappoint me as very much as this one. I imply, I know it was my option to read, but I really thought youd have some thing intriguing to say. All I hear is really a bunch of whining about one thing that you just could fix when you werent too busy searching for attention.