Most Web Users Unable to Spot Spyware

Ben writes "According to a Spyware Quiz conducted by McAfee SiteAdvisor , a staggering 97% of Internet users are just one click away from infecting their PCs with spyware. One interesting conclusion from this study showed that even users with a high "Spyware IQ" have a nearly 100% chance of visiting a dangerous site during 30 days of typical online searching and browsing activity."

Comments

Bogus!

[linuxwrangler]

1. People with a high spyware IQ don't choose either option. But that doesn't make for good headlines when you're trying to peddle your spyware-killing software.

2. People with a higher spyware IQ don't run IE. At least they passed this test.

3. People with even higher spyware IQ update FireFox when the little red "you need an update" icon appears. Bzzzt....bad form for an anti-virus company.

4. People at the top of the spyware IQ scale don't run Windoze.

Last time I checked, 10% of all surfers have disabled javascript and a significant percentage which I don't recall at the moment don't run Windows. Makes that 97% figure a bit hard to swallow.