THE INDOFILES

At one point in its history, Shimla was a shining Indian tourist destination. Known by the British as “Queen of Hills”, the once majestic city has fallen into decay and is now considered by many to simply be a “concrete jungle”. Well, there is another reason to avoid Shimla now.

McAfee came out with a report recently that detailed the 10 most dangerous search terms in India - and yes, our summer capital of the British is on it. What exactly is a dangerous search term? One where the top results tend to be virus-laden, malware sites up to no good. Not surprisingly, the majority of the list (displayed below), is comprised of hot young desi stars and popular social media sites. They are ranked as follows: 

1. waptrick

2. Katrina Kaif

3. Orkut

4. Yahoo Mail

5. Shahid Kapur

6. rediffmail

7. How to earn money

8. Namita Kapoor

9. Shimla

10. Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

So does this mean people who like bollywood stars, get rick quick schemes, and overrated tourist destinations are susceptible to malicious attacks on their computer? It would seem so. But least Shimla is in good company with Katrina!