As you seek your online celebrity fix, steer clear of actress Lily Collins – especially if you’re on equipment supplied by your employer.
If you Google Collins, who is also the daughter of famed singing drummer and “Sussudio” composer Phil Collins, you have about a 14.5 percent chance of arriving at a Web page that wants to hurt your computer, according to McAfee.
The runner up on the security software firm’s roundup of 2013’s Most Dangerous Celebrities: Avril Lavigne. Search for Lavigne, best known for her 2002 single “Sk8er Boi,” and you have a 12.7 percent chance of landing on a page that has tested positive for malware.
Here’s the full list of dangerous celebrities, complete with your odds of getting malware resulting from a Web search of them and their most notable accomplishment:
1. Lily Collins (14.5%) – Father composed “Sussudio”
2. Avril Lavigne (12.7%) – “Sk8er Boi”
3. Sandra Bullock (10.8%) – “Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous”
4. Kathy Griffin (10.6%) — “E! True Hollywood Story: Kathy Griffin”
5. Zoe Saldana (10.5%) – Law & Order episode “Merger”
6. Katy Perry (10.4%) – Proficient in swing, Lindy Hop and jitterbug
7. Britney Spears (10.1%) – Will contribute to Miley Cyrus “song” “SMS (Bangerz)”
8. Jon Hamm (10%) – “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” (hotel clerk)
9. Adriana Lima (9.9%) – Telaflora commercial, Super Bowl XLVI
10. Emma Roberts (9.8%) – Niece of Julia Roberts
So be a smart surfer, McAfee implores:
*Avoid suspicious and free downloads
*Stick to mainstream content streaming sites
*Check a web address for subtle misspellings, like “Lilly Colins”
*Protect your computer with security software
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