Internet users not as safe online as they believe

Monday, October 25, 2004

WASHINGTON -- Internet users at home are not nearly as safe online as they believe, according to a nationwide inspection by researchers. They found most consumers have no firewall protection, outdated antivirus software and dozens of spyware programs secretly running on their computers.

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