Security for Internet users deemed weak

03:31 - Monday 25 October 2004 by Wolfgang Gruener
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: security, for, internet, users, deemed, weak Category : Miscellaneous

Internet users at home are not nearly as safe online as they believe, according to a nationwide inspection by researchers. They found most consumers have no firewall protection, outdated antivirus software and dozens of spyware programs secretly running on their computers.

One beleaguered home user in the government-backed study had more than 1,000 spyware programs running on his sluggish computer when researchers examined it.

Read the complete story

Ad
Talkback
Google Ads
Ad
Ad
Miscellaneous Previous news
News
Reviews
Videos