Shocking Spyware Statistics
By Davey Winder in Editorial
Posted in Spyware on
Two sets of spyware survey results passed across my radar today, and both make for the by now usual shocking reading.
The first came by way of Webroot Software, Internet security developer of anti-spyware kit for consumer, enterprise and SME markets. This particular poll surveyed some 3000 consumers with regard to their understanding of external Internet threats to their PCs, something that should be of interest to all IT admins considering that it is just these kind of consumers whose resources are zombified and become part of the botnets that can cause such havoc to the enterprise by way of DDoS attack.
Sadly, despite 87 percent of UK consumers insisting that they do understand the spyware threat and the dangers that it brings, nearly 50 percent also went on the admit to having fallen victim to just such a threat. This suggests that although user awareness is increasing, which is a good thing, advanced spyware development is also on the up, which obviously isn
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