DANGEROUS: According to antivirus firm McAfee, typing Lily Collins into Google or Bing or Yahoo as part of a search term poses a 14.5% chance of getting an infected PC. - AFP
Every year, McAfee compiles a list of the top 10 celebrity names which, when typed into a search engine, are most likely to result in a concealed malware attack, whether it's spam, spyware or a virus.
According to the 2013 chart, typing Lily Collins into Google or Bing or Yahoo as part of a search term poses a 14.5% chance of getting an infected PC, whereas a search for Avril Lavigne, 2013's second most dangerous celebrity, poses a 12.7% risk. The top three are rounded out by Sandra Bullock (who poses a 10.8% risk).
As well as highlighting how easy it is to catch the average Web surfer unawares, the annual charts are also an excellent barometer of popular culture and show how well most hackers and cyber miscreants are plugged into the zeitgeist. None of the celebrities that made the 2012 list - which was topped by British actress Emma Watson and also contained Jessica Biel, Eva Mendes, Selena Gomez and Megan Fox - feature in this year's top 10.
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