Consumers lose to online schemes and viruses

mimo2005 · 08-08-2006, 07:32 PM

YONKERS, N.Y. - The State of the Net survey by Consumer Reports projects that American consumers lost more than $8 billion over the last two years to viruses, spyware and various schemes.

Additionally, it shows consumers face a 1-in-3 chance of becoming a cybervictim -- about the same as last year.

According to the survey, consumers lost $630 million over the past two years to e-mail scams. They also spent at least $7.8 billion for computer repairs, parts, and replacement over the past two years to correct problems caused by viruses and spyware.

Consumer Reports says it conducted the survey among a nationally representative sample of more than 2,000 households with Internet access.

ps : Windows user and lost 0$ over the past 2 years .

Agent-ESv1 · 08-08-2006, 08:12 PM

well um... it's a good time to be a in-house tech :D

ebackhus · 08-09-2006, 08:40 AM

I've lost $0 to online scams and $0 to virus/malware repair.

08-08-2006, 07:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
mimo2005 Manager, The Relaxation Room/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 11,131 OS: xp	Consumers lose to online schemes and viruses YONKERS, N.Y. - The State of the Net survey by Consumer Reports projects that American consumers lost more than $8 billion over the last two years to viruses, spyware and various schemes. Additionally, it shows consumers face a 1-in-3 chance of becoming a cybervictim -- about the same as last year. According to the survey, consumers lost $630 million over the past two years to e-mail scams. They also spent at least $7.8 billion for computer repairs, parts, and replacement over the past two years to correct problems caused by viruses and spyware. Consumer Reports says it conducted the survey among a nationally representative sample of more than 2,000 households with Internet access. ps : Windows user and lost 0$ over the past 2 years . __________________ TSF has outgrown its server, again. Please help "Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo"

08-08-2006, 08:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
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08-09-2006, 08:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 12,767 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 My System Blog Entries: 25	I've lost $0 to online scams and $0 to virus/malware repair. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.