Security: 64% of Home Computers Infected with Spyware!

Posted by: Newsfactory on: 11/23/2004 01:06 PM [ Print | 14 comment(s) ] · 1204 views

TCMag just received a report from Symantec concerning a test with a lot of people from around the world and the infection of spyware and malware. It seems that over 64% of the tested pc's has been infected with some kind of Spyware or malware apps.

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BetrayerX Unregistered

#58383 Posted on: 11/23/2004 01:33 PM ONLY 64%? I'd dare to say that over 90%. These idiots come with such new crap, it doesn't matter anymore if you are ' in the know' of things. No matter how safe are my browsing tactics, everytime I scan the machine (2-3 times per week), I always find something.

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Mertsch Moderator Posts: 3014 Joined: 2002-08-22

#58391 Posted on: 11/23/2004 04:14 PM yes it must be around 90% but if you always have some kind of malware on ya PC you are doing something worng ... I have no kind of realtime protection no firewall or anything and my scan are always flase positive ... except a cookie from time to time when I must use IE ...

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timeshift Unregistered

#58399 Posted on: 11/23/2004 06:18 PM 64% my ass. I work for an ISP helpdesk and I bet my bottom dollar that at least, if not more than 90% of home user PCs are infected or at least have present some form of spyware/adware/malware. The problem with most spyware is that they usually dont interfere with the system and total n00bs dont check spyware - 90% of users say "why hasnt my antivirus picked this up" when they are infected with spyware... morons. 64%.... yeah, right.

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Rimmel Unregistered

#58400 Posted on: 11/23/2004 06:34 PM Well that means you are one of the 90% of dummies.. who get spyware.... i never get it.. or virues .... never had a virus in 13 years. Peeps who get virus or spyware are morons

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hinkle Unregistered

#58401 Posted on: 11/23/2004 07:09 PM You are a troll. What is now worse?

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MB Member Posts: 26 Joined: 2004-05-21

#58404 Posted on: 11/23/2004 07:21 PM I got a few spywares when I was still using those programs like e-donkey or kazaa. and those spyware stuff only came with the installation programs. with ie, I had about 50 tracking cookies per week. but now since I use firefox and dont download any crap like codec packs, kazaa, "free" screensavers etc etc, I never had a spyware entry in my registry again. and thanks to spyblaster and firefox only a few minor tracking cookies.

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JC Unregistered

#58405 Posted on: 11/23/2004 07:28 PM Translating "free screensaver" for new computer user: galactic proportion size illuminated billdoard coming out of your computer telling those #"$"$#$# spammers : I AM HEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

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TSThomas Junior Member Posts: 2 Joined: 2003-05-10

#58409 Posted on: 11/23/2004 09:49 PM Probably 100% if they included cookies (They don't seem to have?)

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mooninite Unregistered

#58410 Posted on: 11/23/2004 10:27 PM You can just correlate the figure of the web browser market with this. 94% IE = 100% infected 6% Mozilla/Firefox = 0% infected So, in conclusion 94% are infected.

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B3astage Unregistered

#58411 Posted on: 11/23/2004 10:42 PM IE here....0% viruses and 0% infection and 0.5% errors/crashes whats your point?

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mooninite Unregistered

#58413 Posted on: 11/23/2004 11:18 PM You're just one person. You don't speak for the market. You do not disprove my point. Idiot. Even as virus-concious as I was when I used IE, I still received a virus through Outlook and IE. I can't make the same mistakes on Mozilla. I could link you right now to a few IE security holes just so you can change your percentage points. You can't do the same with Mozilla.

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BetrayerX Unregistered

#58415 Posted on: 11/23/2004 11:21 PM Well you need one moron to name another. Worthless idiot. If you had 2 cents worth of brain you would see that Im not talking about the stupid pop up and people clicking yes on it, nor installing whatever "free" toll you might download from the net, or porn site...whatever. Companies like Gator put stuff on ads that even by juest accesing a website you get it....sometimes websites find out because some of their visitors report some odd behaviour. There have been programs that has/had it because of the installing package they use. You can get it from anywhere, anytime and anyhow and the only good weapons against that are some goo-updated tools, regular scanning and some common sense, which btw you are lacking quite a bit.

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thomas997 Junior Member Posts: 12 Joined: 2003-04-21

#58417 Posted on: 11/23/2004 11:55 PM Your point is retarted, and your stats are clearly wrong. Virii come mostly from downloads, neither browser scans downloads automatically. Spyware on the other hand, can come through activex/security holes, so IE would be more susceptable to that. But chances are, the mozilla user is more experienced than the average user, and would have anti virus/anti spyware programs already installed. If you want to get people to use mozilla, dont call IE users stupid. Just point out the facts, dont make some bullshit stats up.

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thomas997 Junior Member Posts: 12 Joined: 2003-04-21

#58419 Posted on: 11/23/2004 11:56 PM yes if you consider "data miner" cookies spyware. Everyone has them.. well maybe there are some people that disable cookies for some reason.