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Viruses have the potential of causing very severe problems when they are allowed into computer systems. The economical impact they cause can in some cases cost businesses millions of dollars to recover from. Email, the gateway for viruses and spam into computer systems, gets used more and more. Below are some statistics that show the extent of problems viruses can cause; the estimated outlook for email usage; and the increased abundance of unsolicited email (spam).
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Virus Statistics
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| The Nimda virus cost the World Economy $1.2 billion - a bargain compared with the Love Bug, which caused $8.7 billion worth of damage. |
| - Computer Economics |
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| 84 percent of virus infections result in up to 20 work days lost, 50 hours for recovery, and costs an organization on average, $10,000. Companies also report losing up to 70 percent productivity during a virus attack and losing up to 40 percent of data after the fact. |
| - ICSA 2000 |
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| The economic impact of virus attacks on information systems around the world amounted to $17.1 billion in 2000 - an increase from 12.1 billion in 1999. However, with increased awareness and use of anti-virus software, the impact for 2001 decreased to 13.2 billion. |
| - Computer Economics |
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The worldwide economic impact of the Love Bug virus alone was $8.7 billion. |
| - Computer Economics |
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| Email Statistics |
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| Nearly 12 billion email messages were sent every day in 2001. |
| - Jupiter Communications |
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The average number of email messages per day is 32, up 84% per year.
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| - Jupiter Communications |
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| Spending on commercial email will increase to $7.3 billion in 2005 from $164 million in 1999. |
| - Jupiter Communications |
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| In 1999, the average consumer received 40 pieces of spam. By 2005, Jupiter estimates, the total is likely to soar to 1600. |
| - The Standard |
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| America Online estimates that spam already accounts for more than 30 percent of email to its members - as many as 24 million messages a day. |
| - The Standard |
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| 74% of customers believe that their ISPs should be responsible for fixing spam problems. |
| - Gartner Group |
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| 7% of ISP churn was directly attributed to spam. |
| - Gartner Group |
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| 36% of email users would switch ISPs in order to reduce the flow of spam they received. |
| - Gartner Group |
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| 24% of users would be willing to pay an incremental for spam blocking. |
| - Gartner Group |
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| 250,000 spam-related complaints reported every day at AOL alone. |
| - PC Magazine |
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| Nearly $2 of each customer's monthly bill can be attributed to electronic junk mail and other forms of spam. |
| - Information Week |
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