Aussies worry about malware and security for home PCs
By Stephen Withers
Monday, 17 January 2011 12:33
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More than four out of five Australian families apparently worry about malware and data security. So why aren’t the rest of us bothered?
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According to in-home technical services provider gizmo, 86% of Australian families are concerned about being infected by viruses and spyware.
The figure comes from a survey conducted for the company in June 2010. There were 1025 respondents.
It would be interesting to know why the other 14% weren’t worried. Perhaps that group is made up of Windows users who trust their chosen security software vendor to do a good job so they don’t need to worry any more, plus those using operating systems such as Linux and Mac OS X that are far less prone to malware than Windows. Or maybe they just don’t have home computers.
gizmo CEO Ben Ashton said “Internet security is a big issue for families. This is the first thing we check on every customer’s PC, and we recommend internet security as a core component of every home set-up we do.”
In addition, 81% of respondents said data security was a major concern when storing information on their PCs.
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Article source: http://www.itwire.com/your-it-news/home-it/44388-aussies-worry-about-malware-and-security-for-home-pcs
Category: Virus/Malware