Your Search For Top Stars Makes You A Target For Computer Hackers

This morning on KIT, Kim Komando – The Digital Goddess, warned us about searching online

for information about celebrities.  Pretty safe to safe searching for Lance Tormey or Dave Ettl online won’t get you into trouble but there are others that could expose your computer to attacks.Intel Security has released its annual list of the celebrities that are most likely to have malicious software attached to their names. CBS News says bad guys often use celebrities and attach terms like "free mp3," "H-D download" or "torrent" to trick people into downloading their files, which really turns out to be malware.

The top 10 most dangerous celebrities to Google are:
10. “The Vampire Diaries’” NINA DOBREV. Searching her name gives you a 13 percent chance of clicking on a malicious link.
9. LORDE
8. BETTY WHITE.14 percent of links in searches for her name are dangerous.
7. AMY SCHUMER --15 percent of her searched links are malware.
6. KATY PERRY

5. JAY-Z --16 percent of the free downloads attached to his name are malware.
4. BRITNEY SPEARS. She climbed three spots, named by Intel as the seventh most dangerous celebrity last year.
3. USHER One in six links puts web surfers at risk of phishing scams, spyware, spam, viruses and other malware.
2. LUKE BRYAN. The country music star is a ripe target for cyberattackers.
1. E-D-M D-J ARMIN VAN BUUREN. Armin’s search results resulted in one on five links being malware.