Users struggle with at least one virus infection a year and delete spam every day

A large-scale IT survey was conducted on behalf of the Hungarian representative of the VIPRE antivirus by interviewing more than 3000 individual and corporate users. The company asked respondents for everyday IT topics such as virus protection, e-mail, social portals, or the use of increasingly fashionable tablets. The survey highlights that the most important challenge for users in 2011 is still protection against spam and viruses: 58 percent of respondents indicated that their computer had been infected at least once in the past year. And 48 percent of those surveyed delete spam from their online mailbox every day. Although Bill Gates predicted 2006 cessation of spam emails, no definitive solution has been found in the last 5 years to this problem, which affects a wide range of both corporate and individual users.   

The main findings of the survey commissioned by the Hungarian representative of VIPRE antivirus:        

Virus protection     

• 98 percent of respondents use some form of antivirus on their IT devices, but only 24 percent pay for security software.           
• 58 percent of those surveyed indicated that their computer had become infected in the past year.            
• By completing the questionnaire, users were able to rate the most common antivirus on a scale of 1 to 5, regardless of whether the software was available for a fee or free of charge. According to the evaluation, the respondents were VIPRE (4,68), a Symantec (4,17) and Kaspersky (4,07) are the most satisfied with anti-virus software.            
• Responses to the anti-virus licensing question show that nearly two-thirds of users who complete the questionnaire consider non-standard licensing techniques, such as an unlimited family license (65 percent) to protect all computers in a household with a subscription, and expiration dates to be good ideas. , A license valid for 25 years (61 percent).        

Computer usage         

• More than 56 percent of those surveyed have at least two computers in a household.          
• A tablet computer is used by 5,5 percent of those who completed the questionnaire, and a further 25 percent plan to purchase such a device in the near future.           
• Among the users surveyed - for example, in contrast to North American shopping trends - in addition to the iPad, they are also happy to buy tablets running the Android system.          
• For tablet owners and respondents planning to make a purchase, a favorable price was only a secondary consideration in the selection because the brand and quality of the device played a more decisive role in the decision. The applications were only pushed to the third place, as the advantage of the devices is only visible during use through the applications.     

Correspondence            

• 59 percent of those surveyed have a freemail and 49 percent have a Gmail inbox. Surprisingly, only one in 10 respondents uses Facebook’s own email service.            
• Spam continues to be an everyday problem: 48 percent of respondents delete unsolicited email from their inbox on a daily basis.        

Community portals           

• More than two-thirds of those surveyed actively use Facebook and Iwiw social networking sites. In the face of the steep upward development and continued rise of Facebook, Iwiw is stagnant.            
• Twitter is used by only 4 percent of respondents.            
• 16 percent of users who complete the questionnaire are not active on any social portals.        

About the survey   

An extensive IT survey commissioned by the Hungarian representative of the VIPRE antivirus was conducted by interviewing more than 3000 Hungarian corporate and individual users. Respondents were also free to complete the questionnaire through several channels, social media sites, and the company’s newsletter.