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Spyware Stats To Pay Attention To  by: Mitch Johnson In early 2005 Webroot Software released its State of Spyware Report which was conducted by Webroot and Earthlink. In the survey over 4.6 million computer systems were scanned during 2004 and the results have shown how threatening spyware has become. It was suggested that more than 90 percent of all computers with internet connections are infected with spyware. During the first quarter of 2005 approximately 88 percent of systems scanned with Webroot’s SpyAudit software had some sort of unwanted application detected. On corporate computers over 55 percent of PCs had unwanted programs, excluding cookies because they are thought not to be as intrusive or detrimental. The corporate computers averaged 7.2 non-cookie spyware infections per computer. In 2004 the last quarter yielded 19 percent of consumer and business computers with keyloggers and in the first quarter of 2005 that number had dropped to 7 percent, according to systems scanned with Webroot’s software. In both the last quarter of 2004 and first quarter of 2005 19 percent of consumer PCs and 7 percent of business PCs had Trojans. Another daunting piece of information gather through online research by Phileas is that 4,294 sites were found to have some type of spyware. This information has proven that in a short amount of time spyware has skyrocketed into the top internet threat. As the internet become a rapidly growing medium used by millions online threats such as spyware can thrive and spread a quick rate, infecting and damaging nearly all user unless protective measures are taken. About The Author Mitch Johnson is a successful freelance author that writes regularly for http://www.1st-in-spyware.com/ , a site that focuses exclusively on spyware removal software, as well as tips on how to prevent spyware from popping up on your computer. This site articles on has spyware guard, http://www.easy-spyware-killer.info/ as well as spyware scanner, http://www.easy-remove-spyware.info/. This article was posted on September 22, 2005   View More Videos from the "Computers and Internet" category: How to Crochet a Cat Toy Part 6/9 How to Use Flickr Finishing Your Google Health Medical Profile How Next New Networks Build Scale with Content Creators   Read More Articles from the "Computers and Internet" Category: All about the new SCMAD Certification Exam by Whizlabs Software Web Hosts: Helping Us Navigate Through This Future Techno-World by Jesse S. Somer How To Choose The Ideal Printer by George Hutton Sirius Satellite Radio vs XM Satellite Radio – Which Streams Should You Choose? by C. J. Gustafson Microsoft CRM Lotus Notes Domino Connector FAQ by Andrew Karasev Sky Broadband – What They Offer In The UK by Caroline Telford Peer To Peer! by Ankit Talwar One Type Of Laser Printer Is The Xerox XC820 Printer And Xerox XC820 Toner Cartridge Duo by Ben Pate How To Get The Best Online Backup Service by Vaishali Kapote Surveys: Scam Or Success? by DA Whitmore << Back to "Computers And Internet" Index

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