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Home PCs come under hackers’ attacks 50 times a day!

Last Updated on: Apr 06, 2010 07:11 PM

Home PC owners better have their anti-virus software up to date, for a new BBC News research has found that computers at home come under attack from hackers as much as 50 times a day.

As a part of the research, the BBC News Website team set up a ‘Honeypot’ PC – a computer that looks like a normal PC online, but one which has the ability to record everything that's done to it so that it can detect the dangers facing internet users who log onto the net from their homes. Know More...
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