Computer Users In The United States Have Lost $7 Billion Usd To Cyber Criminals In The Past 2 Years According To A New Report

    In the United States, arround $7 billion USD was lost to to cyber criminals in the past 2 years, according to Consumer Reports "State of the Net survey". The crimes people are falling victim to include phishing scams, viruses and spyware scams. To defend them SPAMfighter removes around 12 million spam messages from 14 million tested emails received by over 3.6 million users in 216 countries/regions.

    Alix Aranza, Managing Director for SPAMfighter North America, stated: "E-mail users need to be continually aware and take caution when and how they enter private information. The SPAMfighter suite of products help protect computer users from these threats providing a safer and more secure Internet and e-mail environment." The protection solution draws its power from the fact that over 3.6 million users report spam as they receive it, with a single click. Once several users selected the same spam message, it is automatically filtered for all other users. The result is that approximately 90 percent of all spam is stopped out before it reaches any given user.

    The defense solution tries to protect against these cyber crimes. These include anti-spam, anti-virus, and anti-spyware software to help prevent computer users against becoming the next cyber crime victim. SPAMfighter draws its power from the fact that over 3.6 million users report spam as they receive it, with a single click. Once several users have reported the same spam message, it is automatically filtered for all other users. The result is that approximately 90 percent of all spam is filtered out before it reaches any given user.

    Recent studies found that phishing scams attributed to approximately 8% of the cyber crimes. Phishing happens when an email is sent to a user falsely claiming to be a legitimate company in an attempt to scam the user into unknowingly giving out private information that will be used for identity theft. The sites that users are taken to look legitimate, which is why these scams are so easy to fall for. SPAMfighter filters out 99% of phishing e-mails, helping to defend users from falling for these scams and giving over personal data such as banking information.

    Even more, viruses caused 1.8 million households to replace their computer, according to Consumer Reports. Furthermore, 30% of the study's participants were shown to have a virus somewhere on their computer. Viruses can be bloacke by having an updated anti-virus system. VIRUSfighter has an effective anti-virus program with a free trial for 30 days. Computer users are advised to update their anti-virus program so it can protect against the latest threats. With VIRUSfighter, each time a new virus outbreak occurs, an anti-dote is released right away, stopping users from ever receiving the virus.

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