{"id":9048,"date":"2009-08-26T14:52:09","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T13:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/tips-to-browse-the-web-more-safely\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:20:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:20:45","slug":"tips-to-browse-the-web-more-safely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/tips-to-browse-the-web-more-safely\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to browse the Web more safely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2009\/08\/jessica01.jpg\" alt=\"Tips to browse the Web more safely\" align=\"left\" height=\"300\" width=\"250\" \/>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.mcafee.com\/article_display.cfm?article_id=3554\">this list<\/a> recently published by McAfee, <strong>Jessica Biel is the most dangerous celebrity on the Web<\/strong>. No, that doesn&#8217;t mean she&#8217;s going to come out of the screen and strangle you to death with the mouse cable; it means that if you look for information, photos, wallpapers, videos or any other material related to her on the Internet, chances are you&#8217;ll end up in a potentially harmful website that can put your system in danger.<\/p>\n<p>After three years, the McAfee list of riskiest celebrities online has almost become a tradition but I&#8217;m not sure about its usefulness. What&#8217;s the point of scaring people away from searching for stuff about their idols? To me, it looks more like a marketing trick to sell more security-related software apps &#8211; while the top celebrity surely gets a boost in Google searches. In any case, whatever the final purpose of this list is, the truth is that according to McAfee,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;fans searching for &#8216;Jessica Biel&#8217; or &#8216;Jessica Biel downloads&#8217;, &#8216;Jessica Biel wallpaper&#8217;, &#8216;Jessica Biel screen savers&#8217;, &#8216;Jessica Biel photos&#8217; and &#8216;Jessica Biel videos&#8217; have a one in five chance of landing at a Web site that\u2019s tested positive for online threats.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So you&#8217;d better be prepared. Protecting your computer when browsing the Web is easier than it seems. Just follow these simple tips and you won&#8217;t have any problems \u2013 no matter which celebrity you&#8217;re searching for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first and most important rule: use common sense. Don&#8217;t trust those banners that promise you a fantastic car because you happen to be visitor #1,000,000.<\/li>\n<li>Celebrity material is a good bait. Be careful when searching for goodies related to your idols and don\u2019t forget to analyze all files with an antivirus before opening them.<\/li>\n<li>Use a firewall to protect your system. A free, easy solution like <a href=\"http:\/\/zonealarm.en.softonic.com\/\">ZoneAlarm<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/jetico-personal-firewall.en.softonic.com\/\">Jetico<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/pc-tools-firewall-plus.en.softonic.com\/\">PC Tools Firewall<\/a> will do.<\/li>\n<li>Use an antivirus with web filtering capabilities against online threats, like <a href=\"http:\/\/free.avg.com\/\">AVG Antivirus<\/a>. It&#8217;ll make your Web browsing safer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2009\/08\/jessica02.png\" alt=\"Tips to browse the Web more safely\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to this list recently published by McAfee, Jessica Biel is the most dangerous celebrity on the Web. No, that doesn&#8217;t mean she&#8217;s going to come out of the screen and strangle you to death with the mouse cable; it means that if you look for information, photos, wallpapers, videos or any other material related &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/tips-to-browse-the-web-more-safely\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tips to browse the Web more safely&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-9048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335401,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9048\/revisions\/335401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9048"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=9048"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=9048"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=9048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}