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FIGURES REPORTED by the European Union claim that one in three European computer users has been infected with a virus, and we don't mean the flu.
The EU released the statistics on Safer Internet Day and they should serve to remind us that European Internet users are apparently susceptible to random infections.
According to the EU, although the majority of users actually bother to use some sort of anti-virus protection, this has not stopped troublesome infections from slipping through and infecting their computers.
In fact, 31 per cent of individuals' PCs have caught a virus, or similar, when using the Internet over the past year, and have lost information or time as a result.
The most unlucky Internet users can be found in Bulgaria, where 58 per cent of netizens have been infected, then Malta, where 50 per cent have, and Slovakia, with 47 per cent.
Anyone that does their banking online and is considering a move to safer climes could consider relocating to Austria, where just 14 per cent of users have been infected.
Four per cent of users have had their personal information abused, or have had their privacy violated in some way, and three per cent have suffered a financial attack. The UK was higher than averages here, and ranked in second place behind Latvia, with seven per cent of web users admitting that they had been bitten in the banking department.
Most individuals, 84 per cent, have made an effort to protect themselves though, and said that they were using software to safeguard their personal computers and data. µ
The Inquirer
I thought the number was higher like 2 in 3 users have experience a virus infection on a computer they were using. I wonder if Spyware, adware, Malware, Trojans, and other dangerous files were included in the survey.
I also got a feeling some people don't know they are infected with a computer virus, or they're too embarrassed that they got infected with a virus on their computer.
The EU released the statistics on Safer Internet Day and they should serve to remind us that European Internet users are apparently susceptible to random infections.
According to the EU, although the majority of users actually bother to use some sort of anti-virus protection, this has not stopped troublesome infections from slipping through and infecting their computers.
In fact, 31 per cent of individuals' PCs have caught a virus, or similar, when using the Internet over the past year, and have lost information or time as a result.
The most unlucky Internet users can be found in Bulgaria, where 58 per cent of netizens have been infected, then Malta, where 50 per cent have, and Slovakia, with 47 per cent.
Anyone that does their banking online and is considering a move to safer climes could consider relocating to Austria, where just 14 per cent of users have been infected.
Four per cent of users have had their personal information abused, or have had their privacy violated in some way, and three per cent have suffered a financial attack. The UK was higher than averages here, and ranked in second place behind Latvia, with seven per cent of web users admitting that they had been bitten in the banking department.
Most individuals, 84 per cent, have made an effort to protect themselves though, and said that they were using software to safeguard their personal computers and data. µ
The Inquirer
I thought the number was higher like 2 in 3 users have experience a virus infection on a computer they were using. I wonder if Spyware, adware, Malware, Trojans, and other dangerous files were included in the survey.
I also got a feeling some people don't know they are infected with a computer virus, or they're too embarrassed that they got infected with a virus on their computer.