'Protected' home computers wide open to cyber menace

Internet users at home are not nearly as safe online as they believe, according to a shock report published today.

'Protected' home computers wide open to cyber menace
Mon, 25 Oct, 2004 - 11:02

Internet users at home are not nearly as safe online as they believe, according to a shock report published today.

The US-wide investigation found most people had no firewall protection, outdated antivirus software and dozens of spyware programs secretly running on their computers.

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