Watch out! That Celebs's Dangerous

Don't worry, Heidi Klum won't pull a gun on you, but clicking on her name because you see it in an ad and "love her so much" might make you want to take that gun to your computer. We're talking about viruses, spam and other headaches that arise when shady internet users utilize celeb names to draw in their victims.
According to  McAfee's Security Advice Center, who does a study listing "the most dangerous" online celebrities, super model and reality show host Heidi Klum is this year's most dangerous celeb on the internet. According to the article and McAfee's findings, searches for this superstar have a 10 percent chance of sending the searcher to a not-so-safe site, which in turn creates a big risk for the searcher and their computer. Through pictures and downloads brought up by unassuming search engines, thousands of computers every year are infected with spam--and not the friendly canned meat product.
Not only was I not aware that McAfee even did this kind of research, I was also unaware that this was a threat to me.
Other virus-spreading frontrunners include: Mila Kunis, Brad Pitt and Emma Stone.
What's the big deal about spam, you ask. I'll tell ya.
This is the definition of spam according to "The Spamhaus Project," an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to track the internet's spam operations and sources: 'An electronic message is "spam" if (A) the recipient's personal identity and context are irrelevant because the message is equally applicable to many other potential recipients; AND (B) the recipient has not verifiably granted deliberate, explicit, and still-revocable permission for it to be sent.'
In real words...spam can make a mess of your computer and can cost hundreds of dollars to clear from it. 
I think the effect this issue (which has recently come to my attention) has on media and internet communities is really obvious. This can happen to you, to anyone. Just by clicking on a photo of your favorite celebrity so you can post it to your photo blog, you could give your computer a virus.

The CNN article:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/15/tech/most-dangerous-celebrities/index.html 
 McAfee's list of Dangerous Celebs:
http://home.mcafee.com/advicecenter/most-dangerous-celebrities?ctst=1The definition of (the non-edible) spam:
http://www.spamhaus.org/definition.html