Most Consumers Don't Trust Their Security Software
Gregg Keizer writes on TechWeb News:
A poll of Internet users shows that a majority are "not confident" that their security software is protecting them, anti-virus vendor Trend Micro reported Tuesday.More here.
Fifty-one percent of the 1,500 French, German, Japanese, British, and American consumers surveyed in the fall of 2006 said they had doubts about their security software. Trend Micro pinned part of the problem on vendors who fail to communicate to users such information as where the threat originates and how well the system is protected.
Most Americans polled by Trend said they thought the Internet was "very safe" (51%), but that number slumped to just 32% when asked if they thought the Web would be less or more safe in six months.
Cupertino, Calif.-based Trend Micro said it would repeat the survey every six months.
(Full Disclosure: Trend Micro, Inc. is my employer... and although our North American HQ is in Cupertino, our company is based in Tokyo, Japan.)
posted by Fergie @ 1/02/2007 12:37:00 PM
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