Fear of Spyware Changing Online Habits
This AP News Report cites a new Pew Study that indicates that people are getting more cautious in how they are using the Internet.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Internet users worried about spyware and adware are shunning specific Web sites, avoiding file-sharing networks, even switching browsers.
Many have also stopped opening e-mail attachments without first making sure they are safe, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said in a study issued Wednesday.
From Pew/Internet:
Spyware and the threat of unwanted programs being secretly loaded onto computers are becoming serious threats online. Nine out of ten internet users say they have adjusted their online behavior out of fear of falling victim to software intrusions.
1 Comments:
At 8:34 PM, J.W. Koebel said…
On Wired.com, CoolWebSearch, a popular spyware, was discovered to actively sniff all Internet traffic on your machine, including credit card information, banking usernames and passwords, and post it on an unprotected, public web site for anyone to see (and presumably, for the authors to exploit.)
It's good people are wising up.
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