Security For Internet Users Deemed Weak
In a news article by author
Ted Bridis it was reported, “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 They found most consumers have no firewall protection, outdated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.”
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The Internet always has had its share of risky neighborhoods and dark alleys. But with increasingly sophisticated threats from hackers, viruses, spam e-mails and spyware, trouble is finding computer users no matter how cautiously they roam online.
A study released by America Online and the National Cyber Security
Alliance found that 77 percent of 326 adults in 12 states assured researchers in a
telephone poll they were safe from online threats. Nearly as many people felt confident
they were already protected specifically from viruses and hackers.
When experts visited those same homes to examine computers, they found two-thirds
of adults using antivirus software that was not updated in at least seven days.
Two-thirds of the computer users also were not using any type of protective
firewall program, and spyware was found on the computers of 80 percent of those in the
study.
The alliance, a nonprofit group, is backed by the Homeland Security Department
and the Federal Trade Commission, plus leading technology companies, including Cisco
Systems, Microsoft, eBay and Dell.
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