Users Wising Up to Spyware
Internet users worried about spyware and adware are shunning specific sites, avoiding file-sharing networks, even switching browsers. Many have also stopped opening e-mail attachments without first making sure they are safe, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said in a study issued Wednesday. “People are scaling back on some internet activities,” said Susannah Fox, the study’s main author. “People are feeling less adventurous, less free to do whatever they want to do online.”