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Most dangerous celebrities!
Clicking on the names of your favourite star could end up crashing your PC
Tanya Datta
She may be sweet as sugar, but Katrina Kaif has been named India's most dangerous celebrity. Confused? Cyber criminals often use the names of popular celebrities to lure people to sites that are actually laden with malicious software. Anyone looking to download the latest videos or pictures of their favourite celebrity could end up with a malware-riddled computer instead of trendy content. Says Venkatasubrahmanyam Krishnapur, Senior Director, McAfee India, "Malicious software within these sites are designed to steal your passwords, bank details and personal information. Cyber criminals are now also disguising malicious software in shortened URLs that can spread virally on social networking sites. Consumers should be careful when searching for their favourite celebrity on social networking platforms."
"I'd rather see the happy side to this and that is I have a place in the minds of so many people who search for me online. About attaching viruses to my pictures and videos, of course that is sad and I wish people would not do that."
Katrina Kaif
Katrina Kaif
"It's sad that hackers are encoding malware into celebrity pictures. I would advise fans to only download legit pictures from official sites to avoid being hacked." Deepika Padukone
Kareena Kapoor
"It's strange... because I am anything but dangerous!"
John Abraham
John Abraham
"As per online statistics, I am one of the popular celebrity downloads and not the most downloaded celebrity. Any site that claims me to be the No.1 is doing that to entice users to download images which are illegal or pirated, and thus layered with malware."
Bipasha Basu
Bipasha Basu
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Source:Times Of India-Bombay Times
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