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Britney is #1 Virus Celebrity

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the a-dubious-honor dept.

No France writes "The two ways for an email virus to spread is to use an exploit, or entice the user to click the link/executable. Of course the latter is the easiest, and is the most effective when used in conjunction with a celebrity's name. Despite the recent Jackson suicide emails, Britney Spears is the one to recently edge out Bill Gates as the top virus celebrity. The top 10 (in descending order): Britney Spears, Bill Gates, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, Osama Bin Laden, Michael Jackson, Bill Clinton, Anna Kournikova, Paris Hilton, and Pamela Anderson."

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  1. A little ironic... by ChrisF79 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't it ironic that to trick a user into clicking a fake email, they use the fakest of all celebrities?

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    1. Re:A little ironic... by /ASCII · · Score: 4, Funny

      Britney is not fake, she is really smart person. Check out her guide to semiconductor physics, if you doubt her abilities. I actually read some of her work while studying for my semiconductor finals.

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  2. Link, please? by cuzality · · Score: 5, Funny


    Please post a link where we can read these emails.

  3. No big surprise by moz25 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, if I have to choose between "see Britney Spears naked" and "see Bill Gates" naked, I'll pick the first worm any day!

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  4. Isn't this obvious? by J+Barnes · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's some sense of satisfaction I get in knowing that every time a person ogles, clicks, downloads or otherwise interfaces with that pizza-faced mess known as Brittany Spears, there's a good chance their computer will catch the clap.

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  5. Re:sad by Filip22012005 · · Score: 4, Funny

    i never get any e-mail viruses, but when I do [...]

    erm...

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  6. Re:Virus Drills by xMilkmanDanx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nope, pretty soon they don't check their email at all and productivity skyrockets!

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