According to a recent study by Mcafee and NCSA 92% of Americans believe they are protected with Anti-Virus with definitions that have been updated within the last week.   But according to the paper, only 51% had current definitions within the last week.  They also found 36% had a disabled firewall and 45% didn’t have anti-spyware installed, and finally only 12% of Americans had anti-phishing software installed.  Anti-Spam protection came in around 21% of the users sampled.  Overall they mention less than one in four Americans are fully protected against viruses and malware.  Of the people sampled, 87% of them store important personal data like financial information, health records, resumes, and personal emails on these computers.  Yet 88% of those sampled go online for their their bank, stock trading, or personal medical information.

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