The most "dangerous" celebrities to search for in 2008
"01. Brad Pitt -- When "Brad Pitt screensavers" was searched, more than half of the resulting Web sites were identified as containing malicious downloads with spyware, adware and potential viruses.
02. Beyonce -- Inputting "Beyonce ringtones" into a search engine yields risky Web sites that promote misleading offers to gather consumers' personal information.
03. Justin Timberlake -- Interest in his high-profile relationships makes him an easy target for spammers and hackers. When searching for "Justin Timberlake downloads" one Web site advertised free music downloads that were flagged as directly leading to spam, spyware and adware.
04. Heidi Montag -- "The Hills" star is a popular search term when it comes to searching for wallpaper. A host of wallpaper Web sites contained hundreds of malware-laden downloads.
05. Mariah Carey -- Spammers and hackers are using Mariah Carey screen saver Web sites to link to other sites proven to contain spyware, adware and other threatening downloads."
Who else is on the list?
Celebrities like the following in order of maliciousness - Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, Cameron Diaz, George Clooney, Rihanna, Angelina Jolie, Fergie, David Beckham, Katie Holmes, Katherine Heigl.
With the research originally based on SiteAdvisor's rankings for related celebrity sites, it's basically scratching the surface
With multiple vendors and security researchers continuing the see evidence that legitimate sites have started serving more malicious content that on purposely registered malicious domains, you may in fact be more susceptible to an attack while browsing your favorite site, than searching for a particular celebrity. And even if you don't search for the celebrities, the celebrities are always searching for you, just check your spam/malware folder.