A recent study undertaken by PC Tools showed that a large proportion of Briton’s are failing to update their secruity software at regular intervals. In fact, the results show that Britain is the worst of all the Western European countries when it comes to ensuring PC security is updated consistently.
Of the 4,500 participants surveyed, a third answered that they didn’t update their security software and almost one in ten didn’t have any security software in place at all.
Michael Greene, vice president of Product Strategy at PC Tools, stated;
“While consumers are generally security conscious, they are not yet security savvy. The increased use of the internet among consumers, almost all of whom are now online on a daily basis, is providing a lucrative market for cybercriminals and as a result, we are seeing more and more sophisticated techniques that lure consumers into clicking on malicious links or downloading malicious files, for example.”