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A new study, using McAfee’s SiteAdvisor ratings, researched famous celebrities to discover the most dangerous on the web, who return dangerous links when searched for, including viruses, malware and malicious software, the Age reported.
Melanie Duca, consumer marketing director, McAfee Asia Pacific, said that cyber criminals often use celebs name to draw web surfers to websites that feature malicious downloads or viruses.
Here's a look at the Australian top 10:
10. Isla Fisher
The petite redhead star of Wedding Crashers and Confessions Of A Sopaholic rounds off the top 10. The 37-year-old actress, who is married to Sacha Baron Cohen, was born in Muscat and raised in Australia.
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Australian singer-songwriter Dannii Minogue lands the ninth spot on the list.
Former supermodel Elle 'The Body' Macpherson ranks eighth in this list.
Hollywood actress and Academy award winner Nicole Kidman, 46, takes up the seventh spot on this list.
Swimsuit model and Illustrated Weekly cover girl, 27-year-old Jessica Gomes makes it to the sixth spot.
Australian pop, R&B, and soul singer-songwriter Guy Sebastian is the only male on the list.
Singer-songwriter, pianist, and television actress Delta Goodrem takes up the fourth spot.
Another R&B pop singer, 24-year-old Jessica Hilda Mauboy lands the third spot.
Hollywood actress Naomi Watts, who recently played princess Diana in the eponymous film recently, is high up on number two.
Dannii's pint-sized older sister Kylie Minogue, who just recently landed the judging stint on reality singing show The Voice, tops the list.