The actress has emerged as the most dangerous celebrity in the Indian cyber space for year 2011, according to a report by the internet security company McAfee.
Fans looking for results on search engines using strings such as 'name of celebrity' combined with words like 'free downloads', 'hot pictures', 'screen savers', and 'videos' are at a risk of running themselves into websites with malicious software and online threats.
The warning comes from antivirus company McAfee that says downloading screensavers and wallpapers of the Bollywood star can be detrimental to computer.
It may sound bizarre but the logic is simple. Cyber criminals make websites based on most used search terms and offer free download of content to lure the web user. The content in turn has a malicious code attached to it which has the ability to destroy stored data on your PC.McAfee researched popular culture's most famous people to reveal the riskiest celebrity sportsmen, actors and politicians across the web to pick up the 'most dangerous Indian celebrity'.
According to the report, Katrina is on top leaving behind Deepika Padukone and Kareena Kapoor.
'In a celebrity crazy country like India, cyber criminals find it very lucrative to use the names of popular figures as keywords to lure people to sites with malicious software. This year's study found movie stars top the most dangerous list, while sports stars and politicians are among the safest,' Venkatasubrahmanyam Krishnapur, Senior Director, McAfee India, said in a statement.
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