Cyber crimes (cyber crime) be the event that needs to be addressed by all parties, not just the security software vendors, but also the user's PC or mobile device. As the trend in the use of social media increases, the predicted in this year will be cyber criminals to intensify its attacks.
Winston Kiem, Sales Director of PT. Inside charisma Mandiri Sejahtera which distributes McAfee Internet Security 2014, said this year's increase in the vulnerability of cyber attacks through social media, especially Facebook could reach 60 percent. He said Indonesia is the country with the largest number of Facebook users, in which cyber criminals can attack users by sending malware.
He further said that social media is an appropriate container for cyber criminals to spread viruses or malware. "Security should be able to protect the privacy," said Winston told reporters in Jakarta, Monday (20/01/2014).
In addition to highlighting the awareness of cyber crime through social networking site Facebook, he also said that current users in Indonesia still do not understand the importance of using security software such as antivirus. "From the retail side in 2013, the use of PC security is still 15 per cent, one per cent for mobile security," he explained.
According to him, more and more people install antivirus freeware or free. Note that the only free antivirus application can scan the computer and does not have more features such as function 'lock' or a more thorough protection.
Rita Lim, Managing Director of PT. Inside charisma Mandiri Sejahtera revealed, freeware less effective and has little features. "Freeware is less effective, less features. Protection is weak. (Freeware) support her different from a paid security products. Vision McAfee forward, protection to all devices," he added.
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DatePublished: January 21, 2014 at 20:22
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