This one is a surprising finding – According to Mcafee’s latest security report, Indian consumers better protect their PC against virus compared to Americans and Japanese.
The report released by MacAfee finds that globally one in every six personal computers have zero protection: 17% of those scanned either had disabled or nonexistent anti-virus software.
While Finland had the highest percentage of protected personal computers, Singapore was the lowest with 21.75% of consumers unprotected.
It is interesting to note that large number (82.67%) of Indians have their PCs installed with Anti-virus & security software to fight against new age virus.
The most surprising statistic of all was that United States ranked in the bottom 5 least protected, with close 19.32% of consumers living without even basic security. Comparatively, Finland had only 9.7% consumers
The country with the highest percentage of basic security protection was Finland, with only 9.7% of consumer PCs unprotected.
Additionally, Consumers globally say 27% of their digital files would be “impossible to restore” at all if lost, and not backed up properly, and had an average value of $10,014 US.
According to the report, many PC consumers still think that if they stick to to known “safe” sites, they’ll be protected from all forms of malicious content. However, that is far from truth. With hackers starting to use more and more sophisticated methods, nothing on internet is “Safe”.
The report released by MacAfee finds that globally one in every six personal computers have zero protection: 17% of those scanned either had disabled or nonexistent anti-virus software.
While Finland had the highest percentage of protected personal computers, Singapore was the lowest with 21.75% of consumers unprotected.
It is interesting to note that large number (82.67%) of Indians have their PCs installed with Anti-virus & security software to fight against new age virus.
Ranking
|
Country Ranking by Percentage of Consumers Protected
|
Percentage
|
1
| Finland | 90.30 |
2
| Italy | 86.20 |
3
| Germany | 85.55 |
4
| New Zealand | 85.22 |
5
| Denmark | 85.00 |
6
| France | 84.80 |
7
| Brazil | 84.50 |
8
| Australia | 84.30 |
9
| Netherlands | 84.20 |
| Norway | 84.20 | |
10
| UK | 83.52 |
11
| Malaysia | 83.20 |
12
| Sweden | 83.05 |
13
| Philippines | 82.87 |
14
| India | 82.67 |
15
| Korea | 82.42 |
| Ireland | 82.42 | |
16
| Canada | 82.10 |
17
| China | 82.00 |
19
| Japan | 80.65 |
| US | 80.65 | |
20
| Mexico | 79.40 |
21
| Spain | 78.67 |
22
| Singapore | 78.25 |
The most surprising statistic of all was that United States ranked in the bottom 5 least protected, with close 19.32% of consumers living without even basic security. Comparatively, Finland had only 9.7% consumers
The country with the highest percentage of basic security protection was Finland, with only 9.7% of consumer PCs unprotected.
Additionally, Consumers globally say 27% of their digital files would be “impossible to restore” at all if lost, and not backed up properly, and had an average value of $10,014 US.
Country Ranking with %age of Consumers without any Security Software Installed
According to the report, many PC consumers still think that if they stick to to known “safe” sites, they’ll be protected from all forms of malicious content. However, that is far from truth. With hackers starting to use more and more sophisticated methods, nothing on internet is “Safe”.
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