You think you are doing a simple search for some celebrity gossip or perhaps a photo and the next thing you know you have malware infesting your PC.  So be cautious if you search on Bing for Jessica Biel or Google Brad Pitt as a new report says you might get a virus.

For the third consecutive year, McAfee surveyed which A-list celebrity was the riskiest to track on the internet after Pitt topped the list last year and Paris Hilton in 2007.  This year, actress Jessica Biel has overtaken Brad Pitt as the most dangerous celebrity to search in cyberspace. The report shows that hackers use pop culture trends to spread viruses and malicious software, said Shane Keats, a research analyst at McAfee.

Biel, 27, who rose to fame in the TV show 7th Heaven and most recently starred in Easy Virtue, was deemed the most dangerous, with fans having a one-in-five chance of landing at a website that has tested positive for online threats, such as spyware, adware, spam, phishing and viruses. “Cybercriminals are star watchers too — they latch onto popular celebrities to encourage the download of malicious software in disguise,” McAfee’s Jeff Green said in a statement. “Consumers’ obsession with celebrity news and culture is harmless in theory, but one bad download can cause a lot of damage to a computer.

Coming second in the list for the second year running was pop star Beyonce, with McAfee finding that putting “Beyonce ringtones” into a search engine yielded a dangerous website linking to a distributor of adware and spyware.  Actress Jennifer Aniston was third, with more than 40 percent of the Google search results for “Jennifer Aniston screensavers” containing nasty viruses.

Consider these risks before you start googling celebrities (you can also use Microsoft Bing, but the verb "binging" just seems wrong in this context):

• Jessica Biel - When “Jessica Biel screensavers” was searched, almost half of the sites were identified as containing malicious downloads with spyware, adware and potential viruses.

• Jennifer Aniston - Hollywood’s favorite leading lady should be searched with caution. More than 40% of the Google search results for “Jennifer Aniston screensavers” contained nasty viruses, including one called the “FunLove virus.

• Gisele Bundchen - The world’s highest-paid supermodel is a popular target for cybercriminals. A search for “Gisele Bundchen photos” can direct users to red-ranked sites that breached browser security in McAfee’s tests.

• Britney Spears - McAfee SiteAdvisor technology found a single site promoting free Britney Spears wallpaper that was embedded with more than 50 potentially infected downloads.

• Rihanna -Free Rihanna ringtones are some of the most sought after, but some shady vendors mislead those who subscribe by gathering and selling their personal information.

• Kim Kardashian - The biggest reality star in recent months is now susceptible to Internet lurkers too. A search for Kim Kardashian wallpaper and screen savers generated numerous downloads veiled with malware.

But the entire Internet is not littered with risk.  For the most part You really can't go wrong if you stick to the really well-known parts of the Internet.  Sites like Internet Movie Data Base and MSN, Stuff and Voxy itself are safe bets.  If you don't recognize the site name that means you are going US off the main street of the Internet and once head off main street you have the potential to land in a dark alley!