I guess this one makes total sense - anytime we have some event that sends people scurrying to the Web to learn more about a particular person, it represents an opportunity for those who harm us.

Oscar season is no exception, according to the folks at Internet security company McAfee. The firm says cybercriminal simply use your curiosity against you, by setting up Websites offering gossip and information about recently-hyped movies and their stars. They also use those sites to distribute spam, malware, viruses, spyware and other nasty surprises.

So what’s the most dangerous Oscar surfing you can do? McAfee says searches for actress Kate Winslet (”The Reader”) present the greatest danger to you and your computer, with one in five sites potentially troublesome.

Here are the most dangerous searches, by category: (along with the percentage of bad sites)

• Most dangerous actor: Brad Pitt (18.13%)
• Most dangerous actress: Kate Winslet  (20.6%)
• Most dangerous supporting actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman (12.4%)
• Most dangerous supporting actress: Penelope Cruz (17.2%)
• Most dangerous film: Frost/Nixon (7.8%)

What can you do? Of course you’ll keep on searching. What’s the fun of the Internet if you can’t look up stuff? But you might check out McAfee’s SiteAdvisor, a free download that ranks sites and alerts you to potential dangers.