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11:37 30th March 2010
Even though more than 80 per cent of e-mail users are aware of how bots spread, tens of millions keep on interacting with spam in ways that could provoke a malware infection, according to the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG).
The group's new survey, which covered North America and Western Europe, found that 50 per cent of users had opened spam, clicked on a link in spam, opened a spam attachment, replied or forwarded it.
According to the 2010 MAAWG email security awareness and usage survey, these activities leave e-mails users vulnerable to a range of threats, including fraud, phishing, identity theft and infection.
"Consumers need to understand they are not powerless bystanders. They can play a key role in standing up to spammers by not engaging and just marking their emails as junk", said Michael O' Reirdan, MAAWG chairman.
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