In McAfee has conducted a global study, analyzing data from voluntary scans of an average of 27-28 million PCs per month, to determine a global estimate of the number of consumers who have basic security software installed.
The study found that 83% of consumers had working basic1 security protection, and 17% of PCs scanned either had no anti-virus installed or the software was installed, but disabled.
Its gratifying to see that the majority of consumers have gotten the message that at the very least they need to have basic security protection installed, said Todd Gebhart, co-president of McAfee. Protecting digital devices against cybercrime from malware not only benefits each of us personally, but also serves to discourage illicit activity and preserve the integrity of the Internet, which benefits the greater good.
Key Findings:
- Globally, the study found that 83% of consumers had working basic security protection.
- 17% of PCs scanned either had no anti-virus software installed or it was installed but had expired.
- The country with the highest percentage of PCs with basic security protection is Finland with 90.3% of its consumers protected and 9.67% unprotected.
- The country with the lowest percentage of PCs with basic security protection is Singapore with 78.25% protected and 21.75% of consumers unprotected.
- The country with the highest percentage of PCs without any installed basic security protection is Spain with 16.33%.
- The country with the highest percentage of users with installed, but disabled, security protection is Singapore with 11.75%.
- India almost occupies the mid-spot in the overall ranking with 17.32% of consumers without protection and 82.67% with active security protection.
- 10.9% of Indian consumers have no security protection installed; 6.42% have security software installed but disabled.
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