Americans 'misjudge online risks'
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Some US computer users vastly under-estimate the dangers of going online, a survey shows.
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Spending too much time on the Internet: bad habit or something more serious?
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Although more than two-thirds of home computer users think they're safe from online threats, an AOL survey found that 20% of home computers were infected by a virus or worm and 80% had various forms of spyware and adware programs.
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The percentage of Americans using Web browsers Mozilla and Firefox is on the up as Internet users turn away from Microsoft&#39;s Internet Explorer due to perceived risks with that application.
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Also: States stand up to cyberbullies. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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In a MIT-Harvard study, 36 percent of subjects logged in to their online bank accounts despite being warned that the site was not secure.
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A national study of US home computer users found many users have no idea their systems are infected with viruses or spyware, USA Today reported Monday.
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More than a decade after the internet went mainstream, it hasn't necessarily made its users more informed. A new Pew Research shows that most Americans are less able to correctly answer questions about current events than they were in 1989.
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More than 40% of wired Americans have used the net for information about the US election, a study finds.
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WASHINGTON -- Home Internet users are not nearly as safe online as they believe, according to a nationwide inspection by researchers, which found most consumers have no firewall protection, outdated antivirus software, and spyware programs secretly
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As part of a month long effort to highlight the dangers of online threats, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and America Online (AOL) released survey results that paint a bleak picture of the home PC security landscape.
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Consumers are becoming more worried about the potential dangers of e-commerce in the wake of data breaches that have occurred in recent years, according to a survey by the Ponemon Institute.
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Most computer users believe they are safe from online threats even as their machines fall victim to viruses and spyware, according to a survey.
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A survey by the National Cyber Security Alliance has suggested one in three Americans think they&#39;re more likely to win the lottery than get to a computer virus.
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Americans don&#39;t believe the government is doing enough with technology to improve homeland security, according to a national survey conducted jointly by CNET News.
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Researchers find that net users are not as secure as they think. Among surveyed adults who believed they were safe from online threats, most had spyware running on their home computers and few had firewall protection.
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Most musicians see the internet as more of an opportunity than a threat, research suggests.