
"It's clear malware writers are still concentrating on men with prurient interests"
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In McAfee's latest survey of the celebrity searches most likely to lead to malware infection, Emma Watson – perhaps best known as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films – has taken the top spot, knocking off model Heidi Klum from last year's most-likely-to-infect honors. emma watson Be careful what you search for... …
Like you said, sad, isn't it.
Are they still owned by Intel?
Would've been nice if the article had mentioned either way.
Ah yes, here's the press release:
http://www.mcafee.com/us/about/news/2012/q3/20120910-01.aspx
Top left corner, before any other text: "McAfee, an Intel company", and in the "About Mcafee" section it says "McAfee, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), is the world's largest dedicated security technology company."
Maybe El Reg's author missed it.
There was something I read the other day about the 12-15(?) yr olds being the most frequent porn viewers.
I'd expect them to also be the most infected ( though not from physical contact).
But -- if papers like the Mail continue to print huge images of Watson from very poor phone shots then the kids will look at mum's paper and rush up to their bedrooms.
Hermione: That's right. Now, if you two don't mind, I'm going to bed before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed...or worse, McAfee'd! {turns and leaves, shutting the door behind her}
Ron: She needs to sort out her priorities!
Harry gets out his wand and yells "McAfee Crapivirikedavra!" and Ron's head explodes due to a dodgy signature update.