"Avril Lavigne” has just been named as the most dangerous celebrity search term on the internet.
Malware expert McAfee created an annual poll, ranking the risk that searching for certain names will lead internet users to a malware-rich environment, leading to potentially malicious websites and cybercriminals.
In 2017, searches for "Lavigne" have a 14.5 percent chance of landing on a web page with the potential for online threats, a number that increases to 22 percent if users type her name and search for free MP3s.
"Cybercriminals continue to use the fascination of consumers with celebrity culture to drive unsuspecting users to potentially malicious websites that can be used to install malware, steal personal information and even passwords," said McAfee in a statement.
Going down the llst, Bruno Mars, Carly Rae Jepsen, Zayn Malik and Sean Combs, made up the rest of the top five.
Avril Lavigne is no stranger in becoming "the most dangerous celebrity on the internet", despite having little commercial interest since the past decade.
Lavigne herself has been absent from the music industry for years, having struggled with Lyme disease in 2014.
She sat at number 2 on the list in 2016.
But when she said that she will be back in the industry, certainly also fueled her name up on the list.
When she married Chad Kroeger, the lead singer of Nickelback in 2013, Lavigne has also made the internet to create a meme of herself.
