According research of B2B International and Kaspersky Lab, 33% of Europeans who share with others devices with connection on Internet it does not take preventive protective measures. Based on their responses, these users do not seem to realize that sharing devices with relatives, friends or colleagues can significantly increase the likelihood of losing or stealing the data stored on them. However, the more people use a device, the more chance that one of them will make a mistake and become a victim of a cheating by a digital criminal.
Very often, the owner of one computer, phone or tablet is not the only person who uses it to access the Internet.
About one in three Europeans who participated in the survey said they shared their devices with others. 29% of users share their devices with other adults in the same house, 4% gives them to their children, while 1% allows their devices to be used by colleagues or other acquaintances.
It should be noted that this applies to the devices that are most often used to access the Internet, which means that they are more likely to contain valuable data, such as data σύνδεσης και οι κωδικοί πρόσβασης σε λογαριασμούς.
When a device accessed by various users does not have protection, it can be extremely risky, as no one can be absolutely sure that other users are sufficiently aware of the digital threats.
Ένας άπειρος χρήστης μπορεί να πέσει θύμα απατεώνων ή να «κατεβάσει» ένα εκτελέσιμο κακόβουλο αρχείο. Την ίδια στιγμή, το 33% όσων μοιράζονται συσκευές με άλλους χρήστες, δηλώνει ότι δεν λαμβάνει κανένα μέτρο ασφάλειας, διότι «δεν βλέπει κανέναν κίνδυνο». Μόνο το 38% των χρηστών δημιουργεί αντίγραφα ασφαλείας των σημαντικών δεδομένων, πριν δώσει μία συσκευή σε κάποιον άλλο. Το 33% προστατεύει με code access their data and only 20% try not to store any important information on such devices.
"Sharing a computer or smartphone increases the risk of malware intrusion, data loss or account theft, so it is important that users take precautions.
It is necessary that they do back-up στα σημαντικά αρχεία τους, να διαγράφουν πληροφορίες που δεν πρέπει να πέσουν σε λάθος χέρια, να απενεργοποιούν εργαλεία αυτόματης συμπλήρωσης, να προσπαθούν να ελέγχουν τα δικαιώματα πρόσβασης των χρηστών στη συσκευή τους και – το σημαντικότερο – να χρησιμοποιούν programs that offer security against digital threats," noted Elena Kharchenko, its Head of Consumer Product Management Kaspersky Lab
In this context, Kaspersky Lab has the solution Kaspersky Internet Security - Multi-Device 2015, which has been developed to provide security to different devices. The company's solution can protect even inexperienced users from visiting potentially dangerous websites, downloading malicious software and various other threats.
The product supports multiple platforms as it has technologies that can be used to protect computers with Windows and OSX operating systems as well as Android devices. It also includes programs to safely browse the Internet on portable devices running Windows Phone and iOS.