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Nearly One in Four Computer Users Have Lost Content To Blackouts, Viruses and Hackers |
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Nearly one in four computer users have lost content due to hackers, viruses, blackouts or electrical failure and more than two-thirds of computer users fear data loss to viruses or hackers, according to a new national survey conducted by Bruskin Research for Iomega Corporation. According to the survey, 41 percent of computer users do not personally back up their data. More than two-thirds (69 percent) of home computer users and nearly half (46 percent) of work computer users personally back up their data only once a month or less often, or they never back up their data. As a result, computer users are often completely unprepared for sudden attacks by hackers, viruses, blackouts and electrical failure.
Backing up data involves more than saving to your hard drive or relying on virus protection software. Your data is only truly protected when you take a copy of it from your computer and keep it separately. Many computer users have traditionally viewed backup as a tedious and laborious process and therefore often elect to leave their computer unprotected.
source iomega
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