Bangalore: Cricketers have always been in the limelight and the netizens, especially crazy cricket fans are highly motivated to search for the photos, videos, scores and stories of their favorite cricketers online. However, in a moment of weakness they are lured into clicking malicious links that puts them at considerable risk.

Cybercriminals follow the latest trends, often using the names of popular celebrities to lure people to malicious sites designed to steal passwords and personal information. Fans looking for results on search engines using strings such as ‘name of cricketer’ combined with words like ‘free downloads’, ‘hot pictures’, ‘wallpapers’, and ‘videos’ are at risk of running themselves into malicious sites.

Have a look at the top 10 cricketers with the highest risk scores in the Indian cyberspace, as per the study by McAfee’s SiteAdvisor.

#10 Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar is cricket’s all-time greatest batsmen. With almost all records in Tests and ODIs, Sachin’s passion for the game has not diminished in the last 20 years that he has played international cricket. Without involving much into controversies, Sachin was always looked upon as one of the best players in cricket.

According to the study by McAfee, Sachin, the God of Cricket ranks the 10^th in terms of risk in cyber space. He’s known to be the cricketer with least risk percentage of 23 infected search results among the Most Dangerous Cricketers in cyberspace.

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