Tag: poll
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Commoditization increasingly seen in mobile malware
Number of malicious samples and families increase, as Android remains most popular mobile platform. As the number of mobile malware samples in existence continues to grow faster than ever, the mobile threat landscape is looking more and more like that of Windows . Five years ago, a poll of visitors to this website found that…
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Increase in use of mobile anti-malware protection
Poll shows smartphone users more likely to use anti-malware protection on their phones than three years ago. In a poll of visitors to the VB website, 57% of smartphone users said they had no anti-malware protection on their phones – compared to 70% three years ago. While this is still a large number of unprotected…
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Nearly 20% still running IE 6
VB poll finds users still running outdated browser despite campaigns to boycott it. Despite widespread calls to boycott IE 6 and Microsoft ‘s plans to retire support for the browser, 19% of respondents in a Virus Bulletin poll said that they are still running the browser, whether at home, at work, or both. The browser…
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Software and OS developers should take responsibility for security
While 51% of users say computer security should be the responsibility of the user, nearly a third of users feel it is up to software and OS developers. According to a recent poll, 51% of visitors to the VB website think that end users should be held ultimately responsible for computer security – but another…
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One in four consider online banking unsafe
Virus Bulletin finds that one in four users consider online banking to be unsafe, but manage their accounts online regardless, while 50% of users consider online banking to be risk free. In a survey of more than 370 visitors to www.virusbtn.com – many of whom are security professionals – a mere 23% of users said…