世論 What Japan Thinks

japan.internet.com recently published the results of a survey by JR Tokai Express Research into spyware counter-measures. They interviewed 330 people employed in public or private enterprises (why they limited it like that, I don’t know!), with 81.8% of the sample male, 12.7% in their twenties, 40.9% in their thirties, 31.8% in their forties, 13.3% in their fifties, and 1.2% in their sixties.

One thing that isn’t clear is whether or not the anti-spyware tools are part of an anti-virus package, a firewall, or a specialised checking tool. Personally, I use, and strongly recommend, Spybot - Search & Destroy, and to some extent suggest AdAware as a secondary tool. I also recommend that Windows users ditch Explorer and try Opera instead.

Q1: Do you know about spyware? (Sample size=330)

Don’t know anything about it	8.2%
Just heard the term	21.2%
Know a bit about it	40.9%
Know about it in detail	29.7%

Q2: Do you use anti-spyware software? (Sample size=330)

No, never	50.3%
Currently using it	45.2%
Used it in the past (to Q3)	4.5%

Q3: Why did you stop using anti-spyware software? (Sample size=15, multiple answer)

	Votes	Percentage
Couldn’t see any benefit	12	80%
Used it but the PC became unstable	7	47%
Too awkward to use	3	20%
Used it but spyware kept getting past it	0	0%
Other	1	7%

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