Britney Spears Tops Viruses Using Celebrity Names
June 15th, 2005Britney Spears has edged out Bill Gates as the celebrity most commonly associated with malicious software distributed via e-mail. Which means when you see the words Britney Spears in your email, your computer could get infected.
Snippets from a Techworld report
“Researchers combed through seven years’ worth of virus-laden messages to determine which celebrities most often had their names involuntarily used in association with malicious spam.
“Virus writers will use the names of well-known people in order to urge users into clicking on Web links or open up files that then infect their computers, said Patrick Hinojosa, CTO at Panda Software’s US subsidiary.”
Based on their observations, the top ten viruses using celebrity names are
1. Britney Spears
2. Bill Gates
3. Jennifer Lopez
4. Shakira
5. Osama Bin Laden
6. Michael Jackson
7. Bill Clinton
8. Anna Kournikova
9. Paris Hilton
10. Pamela Anderson
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Spreading just like an STD… I always knew she had it in her!