Katie Price 'most dangerous' link

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Image caption, Links related to Katie Price are the most dangerous to click on, a survey says
  • Author, Del Crookes
  • Role, Newsbeat reporter

Katie Price, Jude Law and Victoria Beckham are the three most dangerous celebrities to search for online.

Internet researchers claim more than 16% of links related to the subject of Katie Price were found to contain dodgy viruses.

Links and sites related to Kate Moss, David Beckham, Daniel Radcliffe, Kerry Katona, Amy Winehouse, Cheryl Cole and Leona Lewis made up the rest of the top 10.

Websites can be compromised by being loaded with spyware that collects information about users without their knowledge, and viruses that can infiltrate computers.

Computer protection firm McAfee looked at popular search engines like Google and Yahoo! and weighed up the risk of clicking on celebrity-related website links.

Security analyst Greg Day said: "Cybercrooks capitalising on the public obsession with celebrities and current events is nothing new.

"A quick flick across the front pages of the latest popular newspapers and magazines offers a fairly reliable snapshot of where the criminals will focus their efforts next."

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