the numbers aren't good ... unless you're a badguy

Since I'm around the internet for my day job on a regular basis, I have to think about security on a daily basis. My computers are secured, and sometimes my work computers are made SO secure I can't even use them! ;)

but

In a survey released today by McAfee and NCSA it was found that while 98 percent of computer users agree that having up-to-date security software is important, a significant portion of those same survey respondents are guilty of having home PC's with security software that is incomplete or dangerously out of date.

PC Wakeup Calls Needed
Here are some of the survey highlights:

Ninety-two percent of Americans think that their anti-virus software is up to date, however only 51 percent actually have currently updated their anti-virus software within the past week.

Seventy-three percent of PC users in the U.S. think they have a firewall installed and enabled, yet 64 percent actually do.

About 70 percent of PC users think they have anti-spyware software, but only 55 percent have it installed.

Over a quarter of PC users say they have anti-phishing software, compared to the 12 percent that actually do.