Users are more aware of virus threats than Web threats
Worldwide, viruses, spam and spyware continue to be security threats that end users are most aware of. In particular, in Japan the awareness for spyware increased significantly from 76 percent in 2005 to 93 percent in 2007. Although 4 in 10 respondents in all countries indicated that they have received more spam over the past three months, when compared to the 2005 study US respondents reported an overall decline in the percentage of spam received (84 percent in 2005 compared to 72 percent in 2007). By contrast, TrendLabs spam tracking saw the amount of French and German language spam peak last summer (between May and August 2006) in enormous quantities, spam numbers fluctuated between one million and six million pieces per month. This trend later slowed to between seven and ten thousand messages per month.
