CULVER CITY – A local computer-security firm, Norton, warned that searching the internet for Emmy winners, photos and gossip can be dangerous to your hard drive and your personal information.
According to Norton, many common search terms used by people searching for Emmy information have been “poisoned” by cybercriminals looking to infect people’s computers.
The company noted that if a person searches for “Elisabeth Moss wiki” in hopes of getting information about the “Mad Men” actress, 57 percent of the first 100 search results will lead to malicious sites.
A search for “Emmys 2010 wiki” will have 25 percent of the top 100 results leading to malicious
sites.
“Cybercriminals monitor newsworthy, trending news topics, then infect dozens of legitimate and fake web pages with viruses, spyware, keylogging programs-where criminals can monitor everything you type-and other malicious software hoping to gain access to people’s computers and steal their personal information,” according to a statement from the company.
