Survey: Millions of users open spam emails, click on links
Posted: Tue 30 Mar 2010, 03:39
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=5889&tag=nl.e550
...Key findings of the survey:
* Nearly half of those who have accessed spam (46%) have done so intentionally – to unsubscribe, out of curiosity, or out of interest in the products or services being offered
* Four in ten (43%) say that they have opened an email that they suspected was spam
* Among those who have opened a suspicious email, over half (57%) say they have done so because they weren’t sure it was spam and one third (33%) say they have done so by accident
* Canadian users are those most likely to avoid posting their email address online (46%). Those in the U.S., Canada and Germany are most likely to set up separate email addresses in order to avoid receiving spam
* Many users do not typically flag or report spam or fraudulent email
* When it comes to stopping the spread of viruses, fraudulent email, spyware and spam, email users are most likely to hold ISPs and ESPs (65%) and anti-virus software companies (54%) responsible
* Less than half of users (48%) hold themselves personally responsible for stopping these threats...