Jessica Biel is the Web's most dangerous celebrity

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Tbd-jessicabiel082609 Jessica Biel is the most dangerous celebrity on the Web. Security technology company McAfee Inc. on Tuesday said that searches for the 27-year-old actress are more likely to lead to spyware and viruses than any other celebrity, the AP reports. Well, searches sure aren't going to lead to any worthy news about her career.

McAfee said there'sa one-in-five chance of ending up at a Web site that's trying to ruin your CPU. This is the third such report McAfee has done. Last year Brad Pitt was private enemy No.1.

"Cybercriminals are star watchers, too," said Jeff Green, senior vice president of McAfee's product development. "They latch onto popular celebrities to encourage the download of malicious software in disguise."

Following Biel in the report, in order, were Beyonce, Jennifer Aniston, Tom Brady and Jessica Simpson. McAfee noted President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are curiously safe searches, ranking no. 34 and no. 39, respectively. Without evidence, we figure the safest search out there is for Dan O'Herlihy, whom you may remember best as Grig from The Last Starfighter. Because, you know, why not?

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