Friday, October 29, 2004

Security for Internet Users Deemed Weak

How safe is YOUR COMPUTER?


Washington, DC -- 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 They found most consumers have no firewall protection, outdated antivirus software and dozens of spyware programs secretly running on their computers.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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