How Vulnerable We Are To Online Threats
"Just having anti-virus software is not enough," Rak said. "Picture a car with antilock brakes, airbags, and seat belts--I doubt any of us would buy a car without seat belts installed."
Just over 80 percent of respondents had antispyware protections enabled, and 95 percent had updated antivirus software. Yet just 50 percent had antiphishing protections.
Even though 81 percent of respondents said they had firewall protections on their computers, only 42 percent of those computers checked were actually equipped with them. As many as 75 percent of respondents thought they had antispam filters installed when, in fact, only 58 percent actually did.
From an article on Yahoo Tech News (http://tech.yahoo.com/news/cnet/20081002/tc_cnet/8301100931005686483)
From the article, actually many of us "believe" that we are safe from online threats but in fact, we are not.
Why we "believe" we have enough protection? I don't know about you guys, but I think it's because we lack the knowledge that we need to protect ourselves. We thought that having only antivirus or antispyware is enough. That's why we just don't care about it.
However, we don't know that we also need other protection than antivirus to protect. That's why this blog exist, to provide you with the knowledge that you need to protect yourself from online threats. If you have any question regarding PC protection, just leave a message or comments on this blog.
I'll try to get back to you A.S.A.P and will try to answer your question.
So, what's the solution to this problem? I think the correct answer should be "knowledge". If you know how to protect yourself from online threats, you don't need to use expensive software. But, if you don't have the knowledge, even though you're using the most expensive and the most advance protection software in this world, it's just the same with not using any software at all.
P.S- Share with me your opinion
Just over 80 percent of respondents had antispyware protections enabled, and 95 percent had updated antivirus software. Yet just 50 percent had antiphishing protections.
Even though 81 percent of respondents said they had firewall protections on their computers, only 42 percent of those computers checked were actually equipped with them. As many as 75 percent of respondents thought they had antispam filters installed when, in fact, only 58 percent actually did.
From an article on Yahoo Tech News (http://tech.yahoo.com/news/cnet/20081002/tc_cnet/8301100931005686483)
From the article, actually many of us "believe" that we are safe from online threats but in fact, we are not.
Why we "believe" we have enough protection? I don't know about you guys, but I think it's because we lack the knowledge that we need to protect ourselves. We thought that having only antivirus or antispyware is enough. That's why we just don't care about it.
However, we don't know that we also need other protection than antivirus to protect. That's why this blog exist, to provide you with the knowledge that you need to protect yourself from online threats. If you have any question regarding PC protection, just leave a message or comments on this blog.
I'll try to get back to you A.S.A.P and will try to answer your question.
So, what's the solution to this problem? I think the correct answer should be "knowledge". If you know how to protect yourself from online threats, you don't need to use expensive software. But, if you don't have the knowledge, even though you're using the most expensive and the most advance protection software in this world, it's just the same with not using any software at all.
P.S- Share with me your opinion
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1 Comments:
Hi,
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http://www.deletespyware-adware.com
Comment me on my new blog:
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Bye,
Karl Sultana
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