Fully ninety percent of surveyed internet users have adjusted their behavior because of “software intrusions.” So says a new Pew Internet & American Life Project report, “Spyware: The threat of unwanted software programs is changing the way people use the internet.” So what about the other ten percent? Do they just happily ignore malware, or do they think it’s actually part of the operating system?
According to the Pew report, “68% of home internet users, or about 93 million American adults, have experienced at least one computer problem in the past year that are consistent with problems caused by spyware or viruses.”
I suspect that’s actually down from previous years because until this year default Microsoft installations were immediately vulnerable to various attacks.
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