Security Insights: Oscar nominees are more popular and risky online right now Mar 6, 2010 – By Tracy Mooney
I am revving up for the Oscars this weekend, how about you? I find myself
impressed with this year’s picks. Some years I wonder if it is just a
popularity contest, but this year I think the competition is stiff! I have
resigned myself to rooting for more than one person/film in each category. I
actually still have a few movies to watch before Sunday and Alice In
Wonderland opens this weekend (!!!!!) – think I am going to be watching
a lot of movies in the next few days!
My boys (all three) are rooting for Christoph Waltz to win for Inglorious
Basterds and my six year old is wanting Coraline to win for EVERYTHING! And
I’ve been finding them search for pictures, music, screensavers, etc.
with the actors names and movies titles.
Well I’m not sure if the list below is any indicator of who may win the
Academy Award on Sunday, but McAfee has seen a spike in their popularity and
it’s making them targets to being riskier to search for online! I
imagine this is an award they don’t really care to receive… but
congratulations to… Best Actress Nominee Sandra Bullock with 29.6% of
web search results containing some type of maliciousness that will muck up
your computer. Following very closely on Sandra’s heels is Penelope
Cruz with 29.3% contaminated web search returns. It seems the ladies are
about 40% more dangerous than the men.
The Top Ten Most Riskiest Academy Awards Nominees to search for online right
now are as follows…
1. Sandra Bullock 29.6%
2. Penelope Cruz 29.3%
3. Maggie Gyllenhaal 26.1%
4. Avatar 23%
5. An Education 19%
6. Lee Daniels 19%
7. Matt Damon 18.1%
8. Morgan Freeman 17.2%
9. Helen Mirren 16.3%
10. James Cameron 15.4%
It just goes to show that you can never let your guard down for one second
when you have a computer. Just remember to use the technology that is
available – antivirus/ security suite, siteadvisor, firewall, etc. Keep
your computer protected and surf smart!
