Tens of millions of consumers say they're aware of 'bots, yet they continue to interact with spam. Chalk it up to some sort of blissful, can't-happen-to-me oblivion.
The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) just completed a survey of North American and European consumers and found that despite their awareness of the dangers, they're playing with spam in ways that can leave them vulnerable to malware infections. Half had opened spam, clicked on a link in spam, opened a spam attachment, or replied or forwarded to spam. All these actions open the door to fraud, phishing, identity theft and infection. Most consumers said they're aware 'bots exist, but only a third believe they're vulnerable to an infection.
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by Rebecca Lieb
26 March 2010 14:02pm
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