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NEW YORK:<\/strong> Actress Alexis Bledel has been bookish and sweet on \u201cGilmore Girls\u201d and \u201cSisterhood of the Traveling Pants.\u201d But the actress herself is now officially dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cybersecurity firm McAfee on Monday crowned Bledel the most dangerous celebrity on the internet in 2019. No other celebrity was more likely to land users on websites that carry viruses or malware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trailing Bledel at Number 2 is talk show host James Corden, followed by \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d star Sophie Turner, actress Anna Kendrick, movie star Lupita Nyong\u2019o, talk show star Jimmy Fallon, martial arts master Jackie Chan, the rappers Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj, and finally Marvel actress Tessa Thompson at Number 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The survey is meant to highlight the danger of clicking on suspicious links. Bad actors will attach malware and malicious links to famous names, hoping fans searching for videos on the internet will fall victim. McAfee urges internet users to consider risks associated with searching for pirated content and always apply updated security fixes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cConsumers may not be fully aware that the searches they conduct pose risk, nor may they understand the detrimental effects that can occur when personal information is compromised in exchange for access to their favourite celebrities, movies, TV shows or music,\u201d Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at McAfee, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Davis explained that Bledel and Turner likely landed on the list this year due to their respective roles in the popular shows \u201cThe Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u201d on Hulu and \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d on HBO, both subscriber-based services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Talk show hosts Corden and Fallon probably landed on the list due to viral videos of their shows, while interest in \u201cStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker\u201d likely put Nyong\u2019o so high. Lil Wayne\u2019s summer tour with Blink-182 may have prompted fans to search for illegal downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chan\u2019s name on the list may be a surprise since he has kept a relatively low profile of late, but Davis explained that rumours circulated this year that the actor might return to the big screen in \u201cRush Hour 4\u201d and \u201cThe Karate Kid 2.\u201d His team denied the gossip, but cybercriminals jumped in, hoping to \u201ctarget fans who were overcome by nostalgia and less cautious about their personal security.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bledel takes over top spot from Ruby Rose, who led last year\u2019s list largely because of interest in her playing Batwoman. This year\u2019s list also indicates interest in reality stars may have waned. Kristen Cavallari and Kourtney Kardashian, who both found themselves in last year\u2019s top 10 list, dropped to Number 214 and Number 222, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Actress Alexis Bledel has been bookish and sweet on \u201cGilmore Girls\u201d and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,19,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-news","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n