Little user use security Protection on the Internet

AVG and the CMO Council conduct an online survey of 250 internet users. The results, revealed that on-site as social networking sites pay serious attention to public safety as a whole, only a few of the users who noticed the little things or the basic steps to protect yourself from online crime.

Conclusions are based on the results of the poll themed Bringing Social Security to the Online Community. Poll underscores concern about the vulnerability and the social site community members against and prevention of cyber security needs to be done to protect themselves.

This survey shows that in the majority of users of social sites affected by the internet security issues, less than a third of whom took the reaction to protect themselves online. And, only half of those who actually care about the personal data theft, spam, and malware, in the online community or social networking sites.

According to poll results widely, conducted during the second quarter of 2009, both to the users home or office, it is known that basic security can not be the most frequent participants are:
- Change the password (64% admitted sometimes or never)
- The addition of privacy settings (57%)
- Provide information on the social site administrator (90%)

“The more frequent violations and issues affecting the social networking site known as Facebook, is a sign that required a mindset that is more concerned with prevention of the threat among the user community,” said Donovan Neale-May, executive director of the CMO Council, the VIVAnews quotes from his press conference, September 2, 2009.

Besides the security risks that may occur, as for some common things that also could pose a risk to users who are not protected, for example:
- Receives contact from an unknown member (21%)
- Allow people who are known to access via personal computers (more than 50%)
- Open the link offered by members of other social networks (64%)
- File sharing within their own social networks (26%)

As a result of the large growth of links, files, and contacts with members of the unknown, a number of respondents had experienced a variety of violations and threats as follows:

- Experienced theft of personal data or data fraud (nearly 20%)
- Victims of malware infections (47%)
- See phishing attacks (55%)

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