Katrina Kaif, Most Dangerous Search Term

According to a new study entitled "The Web's Most Dangerous Search Terms" by Security Company McAfee, 'Katrina Kaif,' the Bollywood actress is the search keyword for the most poisonous and dangerous results that could effectively upload malicious software onto users' computers.

Reveals McAfee that search requests pertaining to Katrina's name could generate results that associate with various Internet scams and malware.

As a matter of fact, the keyword 'Katrina Kaif' is associated with the highest risk rate of 28.6% meaning that the highest rate of dangerous websites that appear among the first ten search results for 'Katrina Kaif' is 28.6%. This rate is only slightly lower than 'Wapstick,' a widely-used site that offers non-chargeable downloads of ring tones, music, logos for cell-phones, animations and wall paper.

Moreover, keywords associated with the star might also be employed to take down 'ransomware' or 'scareware' that ultimately prompts the victim for a software purchase that supposedly unlocks his computer or cleans it off malware.

Research Analyst Shane Keats at McAfee and Software Development Engineer Eipe Koshy also at McAfee say that hackers or other cyber-criminals are getting more and more sophisticated about using SEO (search engine optimization) to entice unwitting users into taking down dangerous software online. Ibtimes.co.in published this on June 1, 2009.

The two experts note that hackers' greatest success is in pulling a huge crowd of victims. A particular tactic to target numerous people on the Internet is to chase current events such as natural disasters, economic meltdown, celebrities, popular music and holidays, while a chief tool that cyber-criminals employ to trap victims pertains to making the latter download a software or computer file that is laced with malware.

Meanwhile, other frequently used keywords with a high percentage of risk in India are Yahoomail, Orkut, Rediffmail, Shimla, Shahid Kapur, Namitha, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and 'How to earn money.' In truth, different countries have different vicious, poisonous and dangerous keywords, notes McAfee.

Finally, McAfee warns that Katrina Kaif screensaver could introduce computer viruses in users' systems. Hence users must exercise caution while downloading freely obtainable screensavers that relate to Katrina or other celebrities.

» SPAMfighter News - 6/5/2009