Spyware Frightens 9 Out Of 10 Net Users

Results of a recent survey on Internet usage finds that 91 percent of respondents have changed the way they browse because of spyware. The prevalence of Pew Internet and American Life Project of Washington, DC says 91 percent of users have made at least one change to their browsing habits out of spyware concerns. The responses of 2,001 adults and 1,336 interviews finds that 81 percent of them won't open e-mail attachments unless they know the documents are safe. And in an encouraging statistic for the motion picture and movie industries, 25 percent said they have stopped downloading films or songs due to the threat of unwanted software accompanying them.

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