Almost two thirds(65 percent) of Internet users around the world, a victim of cybercrime, says Symantec .
Graphic: Diego Aguirre According to the companys Security, Norton Cyber Crime Report: Impacts of human activities, 58 percent of victims crime, which includes viruses and online scams credit card anger, while 51 percent said they annoyed and 40 percent admitted to feeling cheated.
Whats more, 80 percent of Internet users do not believe that criminals will be caught, and only three percent think that they will not victim of a crime on the Internet.
Only 51 percent of Internet users said they change their behavior in the network, if he was the victim of cyber crime, while only 44 percent of those who are victims of crime reported to the police.
Joseph LaBrie, PhD, professor of psychology at Loyola Marymount University Cybercrime compared to getting ripped off in the garage if you do not know enough about cars, do not argue with a mechanic. People just accept that, even if it feels bad.
On average, takes 28 days to solve cyber crime in the price of about $334(£ 218). More than a quarter(28 percent) of victims of cyber crime, said the solution was the time it took the biggest problems resulting from crime.
We pay for the cyber crime, either directly or through the costs of travel, together with our financial institutions, said Adam Palmer, a leading advisor to Norton Internet Security.
Cybercriminals are stealing small amounts of intentionally remain undetected, but all these add up. If you fail to report a loss, may actually help the criminal stay on the radar.
Norton cybercrime report also found nearly half of all Internet users that it is legal to download a single piece of music, album or movie without paying, and 34 percent said they thought it was ok secretly view someone elses e-mail or browser history.
By Anne Collier, deputy director of the ConnectSafely.org and editor of NetFamilyNews.org , who worked with Norton for research, people are not protecting themselves and their computers because they think it is too complicated.
But everyone can take simple steps, such as with up-to-date, comprehensive software for security. In the case of online crime, ounce of prevention is worth more a ton of cure, he said.
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