Dec
17
BPI Study Quantfies the Risk of P2P File Sharing
According to BPI’s Digital Music Nation 2010 Study and Harris Interactive, illegal P2P File Sharing is still growing in the UK… no surprise there. What was interesting was some of the statistics around the actual risks of illegal file sharing. According to the study “four in five (79%) had encountered some sort of problem when acquiring music illegally from a P2P network.” These “problems” ranged from simply downloading a bad track to more serious viruses and costly laptop repairs. Some interesting numbers:
- 41% downloaded Spyware
- 39% downloaded a virus or trojan
- 38% computer slowed significantly
- 32% downloaded unwanted explicit content
- 12% had to have their PC repaired
- 17% said their PC crashed and was unusable for some time
Pretty interesting statistics… ranging from viruses threatening corporate security and identity theft to loss of productivity to explicit (potentially illegal) content. Costs ranging from end user downtime to PC repair costs to actual data breach costs…
The risks are real. Do something about it. Download Peer2Peer Terminator by MaaS360 and ensure no dangerous P2P File Sharing software is putting you at risk. Use the cmd line to secure endpoints silently within the enterprise. Its free!
