There was an interesting piece at PCWorld yesterday…

It’s self-serving, but a new study by McAfee Inc. and the National Cyber Security Alliance has found that 78 percent of consumer PCs in the U.S. are not protected (defined as having up-to-date AV, spyware and a properly configured firewall).

What’s interesting, though is how many people think they are protected: 93 percent according the survey, which is set to be released Monday.

“There’s… a troubling perception among the vast majority of consumers that they’re well protected. And they’re not. ” McAfee says. Translation: buy more of our products.

Maybe on Monday we’ll learn then what percentage of the people who are not protected *think* they’re safe.

I find it ironic that it’s McAfee that did the study, since, even with McAfee fully installed and updated, our systems at the office ended up infected far more often than with any other product before, or since.

I don’t think it matters how many products you buy from McAfee, to be honest.

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