Countless Chinese Internet users without virus protection

CNNIC, China Internet e Network Information Center and CNCERT, ie China National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team has recently conducted a survey to approximately 4th 4% of Chinese online users have no security of applications loaded on their computers. According to the report, this percentage has increased from 3rd 9% in 2009. Given that the numbers are correct CNNIC is suggestive that goes back to the end of 2009, 384 million people were reportedly on the Internet in China. This means that the number of Internet users without an anti-virus was then almost 17 million. Furthermore, since 30% of Chinese are currently engaged in Internet browsing, these statistics show that there are no precise conditions for increasing growth in the coming years. More findings also stated the size of the security risks “in the Chinese Internet. For example, almost 50% of Chinese Internet users, holders of virtual goods, such as virtual currency in online gaming or the items used in social networking sites, found the survey. That these percentages, 14 . 6% said they were victims of theft when their access credentials kidnapping that resulted in loss of property. That is to say, had phishing or other types of Internet fraud or phishing cheated in one form or another. Interestingly, the study of Internet criminals more often during games attack on the network and try to harvest user credentials “that can fool the latter out large sums of dollars, sometimes. The report also notes that people invested in China 15th 3 million yuan (U.S. $ 2. 2 million dollars) in the “service charge” in 2009 for the treatment of the following cyber attacks. For anti-protection so-called “malware, the most popular download antivirus programs that are not rechargeable. These programs are harmful because they can lead to the download of malicious content on the computer of an end user or result in the kidnapping of your system with malware . Finally, we recommend that computer users have their Internet Security installed, defense and timely. They must also be skeptical of e-mail applications, plus Web sites that intend to access. Because this will help aluminum events that can be exploited by cyber-criminals’ or cause loss of freedom when using the Internet.