[photopress:itvirus.jpg,full,alignright]China has encountered a rising Internet security problem over the past three years mainly triggered by a growing number of profit-driven computer virus writers, hackers and illegal traders.
According to the latest survey conducted by the Ministry of Public Security, 65.7% of the 15,000 companies polled had suffered Internet security problems from May last year to May this year, 11.7 percentage points higher than the previous period.
It also indicates that 91.4% of computers, the highest ratio recorded since the annual survey started in 2001, were attacked by viruses compared with 74% for the previous period, and 87.9% for the period May 2004 to May 2005.
The ministry said, ‘The number of spyware and Trojans, which aim to hijack users’ accounts and passwords, have increased markedly, and computer viruses have been widely spread, which have directly affected Internet users.’
Source: Jongo News
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