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Cameron Diaz spells danger on the Internet

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August 26, 2010, 6:45 PM —

Image credit: flickr/David Shankbone

It turns out that people are on their riskiest behavior when they're looking for pictures of attractive Hollywood actresses online. McAfee released a report claiming that Web searches for Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts, or Jessica Biel were mostly likely to end with the searcher inadvertently downloading a computer virus.

Cameron Diaz Tops List Of Riskiest Celeb Searches [cbs5.com]

Amy Bennett is ITworld's managing editor. Follow her on Google+ and Twitter @atbennett

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