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Smartphone Users Take Web Threats Lightly
Mike Sachoff
Staff Writer
2009-08-19
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Smartphone users need to do more to protect themselves from a variety of Web threats, according to a new survey from security firm Trend Micro.
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Trend Micro surveyed over 1,000 smartphone and iPhone owners and found that 44 percent feel that surfing the Internet on their mobile devices is just as safe, if not safer, as surfing on their PC.
Less than a quarter (23%) of smartphone users utilize security software already installed on their smartphone. One out of five respondents don't think installing a security software program on their phones would be very effective, since they believe there is limited risk in smartphone surfing.
Most smartphone users are aware of the types of Web threats that could infect their smartphones and almost half of respondents have been infected with malware.
Phishing is the most familiar threat term among smartphone users with 80 percent of them know what it is and 20 percent have encountered a scam.
Almost half of the respondents have received spam emails on their phone in the past 3 months; 17 percent say the number of spam emails has increased. Half of those surveyed have opened email attachments on their smartphones during the last month and nearly 40 percent have clicked on a URL link in an email received on their phone.
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