Spyware Statistics And Impact To Home Users

SPYWARE STATISTICS

• Every week, 350 new spyware programs and 250 variations of existing programs are released, according to Computer Associates.
- Consumer Reports, September 2005

• More than half of the malicious software tracked by computer security companies is designed mainly to gather personal data, not damage a computer.
- The New York Times, Feb. 27, 2006

• On average, one in 62 Internet sites performs drive-by downloads, a method of forcing spyware on a user’s computer just by their visiting a Web site.
- University of Washington study, February 2006

• A study found that 77 percent of survey respondents reported their home computers were safe, yet when inspected, 80 percent of the computers were infected with spyware.
- Online Safety Study by AOL and the National Cyber Security Alliance, October 2004

• In homes with adolescent children, 69 percent of computers have spyware, and typically, there is an average of 28 spyware programs on every consumer PC.
- State of Spyware Report, First Quarter 2005

• Testing by ACM’s research laboratory revealed that the addition of just one adware program slowed a computer’s boot time by 3.5 minutes. It also took about five times longer for a Web page to load on an infected PC compared to a clean one.
- Communications of the ACM, August 2005

• Nationally, one in six individuals reported a major incident or malfunction due to spyware. The average cost of a major incident was $250, equaling $3.5 billion in total damages annually.
- Consumer Reports, September 2005

• 52% of the more than 3,200 online households surveyed by Consumer Reports reported a spyware infection within the past six months.
- Consumer Reports, September 2005

• 25% of internet users say they have stopped downloading music or video files from peer-to-peer networks to avoid getting unwanted software programs on their computers.
- Pew Internet & American Life Project, July 2005

• Overall, 91 percent of Internet users say they have made at least one change in their online behavior to try avoiding unwanted software programs.
- Pew Internet & American Life Project, July 2005

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