Study shows Home Computers are not protected enough!

A study commissioned in July of 2008 by Steganos, a provider or privacy software, has found that many home computers are woefully unprotected and the users are unaware of the privacy and security software and settings on their computers.

The Study found the following:

• 13% of respondents had no Anti-Virus Software installed.
• 9% did not know if Anti-Virus Software was installed.
• 19% had no Firewall installed.
• 60% had no privacy software installed
• 25% did not knowi if privacy software was installed.

That would equate to at least 85% of home computers are not adequately equipped to handle viral threats.

Bruce Powers of http://www.thepowerszone.com/ said “I am not surprised at these findings, I am constantly noticing similar results with our clients. Most users are not aware of the real dangers out there until it’s too late!”

Bruce is a 20 year veteran in the IT industry and has recently started thepowerszone.com in an effort to educate the home user about these threats. “Many of my corporate clients don’t worry about viral threats since IT departments handle these in the background with high-end systems. Since the users don’t see it, then they don’t understand the real threats - and that is where we have dropped the ball!”

Bruce has moved to a Web 2.0 model in an effort to educate the user about these threats with video and audio solutions as well as podcasts.

He currently has a video available to anyone that signs up for his monthly newsletter. It is very informative, even to an IT veteran like myself.

I recommend that you check it out.

-Mike McDowell